Febuary 2006 Child-porn teacher barred from classroom A PRIMARY school teacher who downloaded child pornography from the internet has been banned from returning to the classroom. David Preston pleaded guilty at Paisley Sheriff Court last July and was placed on probation. The General Teaching Council (GTC) for Scotland announced yesterday that following a disciplinary hearing last month, Preston, 48, had now been removed from the teachers’ register. A statement issued by the GTC said their disciplinary sub-committee had found Preston, a former teacher at Brediland Primary School in Paisley, had been found guilty of “a relevant offence”. The statement added: “The sub-committee decided that in view of the nature of the offence, the name of David Preston should be removed from the register. “Mr Preston has not appealed against that decision and as a result his name has been removed from the register.” July 2005 Porn Teacher Is Spared Jail Term AN ex-primary school teacher who admitted downloading hundreds of child porn images was spared jail yesterday. David Preston, 48, who taught at Brediland Primary in Paisley, Renfrewshire, pleaded guilty to downloading 330 child porn images in 2003-04 after being driven by a ‘morbid curiosity’. He was caught after a sting operation by U.S.