Schoolboy, 15, accused of secretly being a 30-year-old asylum seeker ‘bombarded girl classmate with texts’
The girl was said to be concerned by the messages because she was convinced the boy was much older
A SCHOOL pupil was accused of secretly being a 30-year-old asylum seeker after he reportedly bombarded a female classmate with texts.
The 15-year-old girl was said to be concerned by the messages because she was convinced the boy, who had claimed to be her age, was much older.
The 6ft 1in student is believed to have arrived in the UK from Iran via Germany without paperwork, making it difficult to identify his age.
He claimed to be 15 years old and authorities allowed him to stay to get an education at Stoke High School in Ipswich, Suffolk.
However classmates are reported to have found a Facebook profile in his name, which apparently shows him with a full beard, hairy chest and drinking beer.
His page listed him as a former architecture student at the Islamic Azad University in Abadan, Iran, who had lived in Erfurt, Germany.
A girl, who attends the school, told the : "He started FaceTiming my friend, sending her messages, asking how close she lived to the school.
"She was a bit concerned because he seemed so old. He kept messaging her during the night, and in the morning he texted her saying, 'Hello, how are you?'
"She told the maths teacher and was taken to the safeguarding teacher who looked at the messages and said there was nothing sinister about them."
Last week, a pupil took a picture of the individual wearing uniform in a year 11 lesson, adding the caption: "How's there a 30 year old man in our maths class".
The Home Office has taken on the investigation into the age of the pupil and how he became enrolled at the school, but refused to comment on individual cases.
Sources at the Home Office confirmed that the investigation was being treated “seriously” and appealed for the pupil to be given privacy.
In a statement, Stoke High School said: “This is a matter for the Home Office and we have referred it to them."
School bosses dropped a suggestion from a previous statement which suggested that the pupil was an asylum seeker.
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It continued: "The student is not attending the school at this time.
“We can not comment further on an individual case, but we have followed Government and local authority policies and guidance, as we do for any admissions matter. ”
Parents have blasted the school over the investigation, accusing school bosses of trying to sweep it under the carpet.
The Sun Online has approached the Home Office and Stoke High School for further comment.
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