Lawrence Levin, 70, worked with Roundhay Music, in Leeds, which provides tutoring to the local community, at the time of the offence in 2019 - a Teaching Regulation Agency misconduct panel heard. The TRA professional teacher misconduct panel hearing was told that, Mr Levin was arrested after engaging in an online chat with an undercover police officer who was posing as a 13-year-old girl in January 2019.
In its conclusion, published last week, the TRA noted that Mr Levin had shown 'a degree of insight and remorse', having told the panel that he was 'grateful' no real child had been harmed by him. The misconduct panel said: “The panel finds that the conduct of Mr Levin fell significantly short of the standards expected of the profession.
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