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Head teacher in court after alleged attack at school

Iolo Cheung
BBC News
Reporting fromat Swansea Magistrates Court
Paul Pigott
BBC News
BBC Anthony Felton is being led down the stairs of a police custody van. Two officers, a bald man and a woman with her hair in tight top bun guide Felton towards the door of a brick building, Swansea magistrates court. He has handcuffs on his hands which are stretched out in front of him with a plastic water bottle in one hand. he has male pattern baldness with no hair on top and short cropped hair at the sides. He has a light beard and is wearing a grey track suit top and bottomsBBC
Head teacher Anthony Felton, in a grey tracksuit, appeared at magistrates court on Friday

A head teacher has appeared in court after an alleged assault at a school in Neath Port Talbot.

Anthony Felton, 54, was charged with attempted wounding with intent, following an incident at St Joseph's Roman Catholic Comprehensive in Aberavon on Wednesday morning.

Mr Felton, known as John, who is the school's head teacher according to a recent prospectus, appeared at Swansea Magistrates Court on Friday, and spoke to confirm his name and address.

The 51-year-old alleged victim has been discharged from hospital with minor injuries.

Mr Felton was remanded in custody and is due to appear at Swansea Crown Court on 7 April.

Anthony Felton is looking towards the camera in a school gymnasium w9ht children blurred in the backdground. He is bald on top with close cropped dark hair on the sides. He is wearing glassed and a has a groomed white beard.
Mr Felton is charged with attempted wounding with intent
Google A google maps street view image of the school. A pupil is walking through a brick gate on the pavement beside the road into the school There's a car park full of cars and the two storey grey brick school building is in the backgrounds behind some green trees and steep green hill in the distanceGoogle
Police were called to St Joseph's Roman Catholic Comprehensive in Aberavon on Wednesday