Furious 同僚s of teacher, 53, who 'took her own life' after 存在 （刑事）被告 of '強襲，強姦ing' pupil while 押収するing their phone 爆破 会議 for 欠如（する） of support - as her family say they are '完全に 荒廃させるd'

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同僚s of a 尊敬（する）・点d teacher who is thought to have taken her own life after 存在 （刑事）被告 of 強襲，強姦ing a pupil while 押収するing their phone have 爆破d a 会議 for their 欠如（する） of support.

Mother-of-two Katherine Scouler, 53, was 一時停止するd from her 役割 as a languages teacher at?Hawick High School, in the Scottish 国境s, in October に引き続いて a?（民事の）告訴 made to police about an 出来事/事件 with a pupil.?

She was 予定 to appear in 法廷，裁判所 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金d with 強襲，強姦 on Thursday after 報道によれば 試みる／企てるing to 押収する a 動きやすい phone from a pupil and accidentally catching the girl's hair.

But 同僚s are believed to have been 'furious' at what they say was a 欠如（する） of support from her 雇用者, Scottish 国境s 会議, in the run-up.

Katherine Scouler, 53,?is tho ught to have taken her own life days before she was 予定 to be tried for an 申し立てられた／疑わしい 強襲，強姦 while taking a 動きやすい phone off of a pupil

It is believed the classroom 出来事/事件 happened as the languages teacher tried to 押収する a 動きやすい phone from a pupil and accidentally caught the girl's hair. Pictured: Hawick High School?

Their comments come after the teacher's family gave a heartbreaking 声明 on Friday night.

They said: 'Her sudden death has left us 完全に 荒廃させるd. No words can 表明する the sense of loss we feel about her passing.'

地元のs 述べるd Mrs Scouler as a '中心存在 of the community'. She and her husband have two daughters, Jenny, 30, and Heather, 28, who are believed to live abroad.?

Julie McCulloch, director of 政策 at the 協会 of School and College Leaders, said the union would not comment on the 事例／患者 'other than to 表明する our s incere sympathies to the family and friends of Mrs Scouler'.

Mrs Scouler was 本気で 負傷させるd in an 早期に morning 出来事/事件 in her garden in Hawick, 50 miles south of Edinburgh, on February 4.

She was discovered by her husband Michael, a Church of Scotland 大臣 and NHS chaplain, and was 急ぐd to 国境s General Hospital and then transferred to Glasgow 王室の Infirmary, where she died three days later.

She had appeared at Jedburgh 郡保安官 法廷，裁判所 on January 30 and 否定するd pulling the girl's hair and 'striking her on the 長，率いる' with her 手渡す.

Yesterday, the 栄冠を与える Office 確認するd there would be no その上の active 訴訟／進行s against Mrs Scouler.

A 広報担当者 said: 'We have received a death 報告（する）／憶測 in relation to this individual. This brings any active 訴訟／進行s against them to an end.'

Mrs Scouler, 初めは from Fenland in Cambridgeshire, met her husband when he was 駅／配置するd nearby as a 兵士 with the 王室の Highland Fusiliers.

Mrs Scouler was discovered by her husband Michael, a Church of Scotland 大臣 and NHS chaplain who is pictured here giving a speech

In 2018, she gave a speech to the 有望な 注目する，もくろむd Daughters, a 地元の voluntary group, and spoke of Hawick 存在 a 'very special part of the world with very special people'.

She told how she met her husband in Cambridgeshire and joked that she had 'bagged' her 'own Scotsman'. She started working at Hawick High School in 2015, and joined the town's Saxhorn 禁止（する）d after learning the trombone.

国境s 会議 said: 'We are 深く，強烈に saddened by the death of Katherine Scouler. Our thoughts are with her family. Katherine was a valued member of the Hawick High School community. 手はず／準備 are in place to support 同僚s or pupils 影響する／感情d by this news.'

Last night Rachael Hamilton, Tory MSP for Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire, paid 尊敬の印 to her, 説: 'My sincere sympathies go out to her family and friends.

'As the 地元の MSP, I understand the school and the community in Hawick are 存在 supported.

'While it is important that a 十分な 調査 is carried out into this 事柄, at this very sad time we must 確実にする her family and friends have the space to grieve the loss of a loved one.'

Mrs Scouler had been off work at Hawick High School (pictured) since October, having been 一時停止するd after a （民事の）告訴 was made to police about the 出来事/事件 with the pupil

A Scottish 救急車 Service 広報担当者 said: 'We received a call at 3.50am on February 4 to …に出席する an 出来事/事件 at an 演説（する）／住所 on the High Street, Hawick.

'We 派遣（する）d two 救急車s and a 女性（の） 患者 was 輸送（する）d to the 国境s General hospital.'

A Police Scotland 広報担当者 said: 'At around 3.55am on Saturday, February 4, police …に出席するd a 関心 for a person call at an 演説（する）／住所 on High Street in Hawick.

'A 53-year-old woman was taken to hospital に引き続いて the 出来事/事件. She subsequently died in hospital on Tuesday, February 7.

'There are no 怪しげな circumstances and a 報告（する）／憶測 will be submitted to the procurator 会計の.'

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