Teacher's Arm Swing in Classroom Clash

0:00It's April 13th. This is Sydney News today, your AI-powered local news. A former teacher named Dara Robinson just pleaded not guilty in Northern Territories Supreme Court to causing serious harm to a girl's student at Darwin Middle School back in 2024. Prosecutors say he deliberately struck her face during a classroom clash, knocking out her front teeth and sending her tumbling to the ground. The beast started when Robinson took the girl's phone for using it in class. She came back later to grab it, called him dumb when he said no, and that's when things escalated in a packed room full of kids coming and going. Crown lawyers painted as an angry swing with his forearm or elbow, witnessed by two other students who saw the hit. They argue it was no mistake, even if she bumped a table on the way down. Defense flips the script, calling it a pure accident as Robinson turned quick to handle the chaos and his arm clipped her by chance. A stress he never meant harm, feels bad about it, and the prosecution has to prove intent

1:00beyond doubt. Trial kicked off Monday with opening statements, picks back up Tuesday and Darwin, so stay tuned as the jury's sorts fact from Mishap in this tense. School Showdown