His father asked the barber to give his son a shorter look on the sides, but the barber accidentally shaved his sides much shorter than he initially wanted. Mr Purba said that Arun felt victimised after school bosses barred him from attending a special leavers' assembly despite his good track record. Mr Purba decided to pull his son out of school as a result, saying his son felt victimised. Dr Pryer said: "It's not acceptable and not right for him to be in assembly as we were about to do our leavers assembly." He said his son was now embarrassed to attend the prom and felt singled out by the school.

Source: Daily Mirror July 18, 2019 10:18 UTC