Teacher Banned Indefinitely After Asking Child to Remove Shorts on Twitch

Liam Quinn, a 32-year-old IT and Computing teacher at Audenshaw School in Greater Manchester, has been banned from teaching indefinitely after using Google Translate to ask a child to remove their shorts on Twitch.

The incident occurred in April 2020 when Quinn used a secondary account on the online gaming platform to engage with a minor. He admitted to police that he regularly participated in 'trolling' behavior and had created the secondary account to avoid restrictions on his main account.

Quinn claimed that his initial intention was to provoke a reaction and be banned from the platform, but investigators found evidence of 'exceptionally serious' misconduct. The teacher accepted a conditional caution for causing or inciting a child under 13 to engage in sexual activity.

The misconduct panel concluded that Quinn's behavior posed a risk to children and jeopardized their wellbeing. He is now prohibited from teaching in any school, sixth form college, or relevant youth accommodation in England due to the severity of his actions.