Boys, 10, spike teacher’s coffee with ‘bleach’ in UK

A teacher narrowly escaped being poisoned when two 10-year-olds put a "bleach-like liquid" in her coffee. Police were called to the school in Warwickshire on Tuesday, just a day after Ann Maguire was stabbed to death in a classroom in Leeds.

Emma Place, a teacher from Clapham Terrace Community Primary School in Leamington Spa, reportedly had her back turned when the boys poured the substance into her flask.

Another pupil warned her of the danger before she had a chance to drink the coffee, The Sun said. A spokesman for Warwickshire police told the newspaper the boys had not realized the seriousness of what they were doing. The age of criminal responsibility is 10 in the UK, meaning they could have been arrested and charged with an offence.

Philip Robbins, chairman of the school's governors, said officers spoke to the children but the school and Place were not pressing charges. He said, "Emma dealt with it well. The school is giving her support. The school has dealt with the situation and we're hoping to move on."