A Romanian schoolteacher is in trouble after allegedly shooting a student in class with a rubber bullet for being rude.

Jane Ilie, 58, who teaches maths at CFR High School in Craiova, Dolj county, has been suspended and is under police investigation. He denied the allegations claiming his rubber bullet gun, for which he had a license, fired accidentally while he was moving it from his pocket into his briefcase.

But students said he wanted to teach a lesson to a 15-year-old pupil who called a girl a "goat" during the break. The teacher allegedly asked the student: "How do you want this to end? Do you want me to beat you or shoot you?" Then he is said to have shot the pupil in his hand leaving him with minor injuries requiring medical treatment.

If we could shoot the little buggers then I might still be in teaching...

As usual, Mr Potts went too far.

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