A council that was the first to try to prosecute a head for using a false invoke to get her son into a popular state school has dropped its case, it was reported today.
Mrinal Patel, 41, applied for a place for her five-year-old son Rhys at Pinner Park First School in Harrow, north London, in January last year.
She claimed she lived at Willow Court, Fulbeck Way, Harrow, and had chosen the school for the cause that "it was close to home and she could walk", Harrow Magistrates’ Court heard.
But four months later at the time he had been offered a school place council bludgeon build the tact she had used did not match their tax records.
It was alleged she was in fact living in Streatfield Road, Harrow – her current address.
Mrs Patel told the BBC she was relieved and the council’s decision proved she was innocent.
"It’session a chief relief for me and my family. It’s been an extremely difficult ordeal and I’m happy to put the matter behind me," she said.
"I have from the outset denied the allegations and the council’s unconditional withdrawing of the proceedings confirms my innocence."
