A primary school teacher who searched for "Japanese schoolgirls" and "jailbait" has been dismissed after police discovered he shared indecent images and videos of children as young as six.

Steven Spong, 30, was teaching at Monkwick Junior School in Colchester when he was arrested in July 2022, following the discovery that he had uploaded child abuse images online.

He was subsequently sacked by the school in October 2022, after a police investigation into his behaviour.

Despite an investigation, police decided to take no further action against Spong as they were not found on his devices.

Instead, he was referred to the Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA).

The misconduct hearing, held this year, revealed how police identified 16 videos and images that had been uploaded to the internet from

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