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LalaGaga
14-01-2010, 02:09
John, played by Graeme Hawley, was jailed last year for abducting teenage student lover Rosie Webster (Helen Flanagan) and holding her captive in a remote house.

Now, after getting an early release and tying the knot with Fiz Brown (Jennie McAlpine), he has moved back to the Street - and is determined to make a new life for himself.

John knows that he cannot be a teacher with a criminal record so he applies for a job at an adult education centre.

Fiz fears that John's history with Rosie will come back to haunt him and tries to stop him taking the job.

But she realises that she cannot bear to ruin his plans after he tells her: "When they told me I'd got the job, Fiz ... I felt ten feet tall.


"It made me feel like all the Rosie stuff was a bad dream that happened to someone else.

"Don't you see Fiz? This is our chance at a fresh start."

Bosses say they will handle the issue sensitively.

A Corrie insider told TV Biz: "We know that John returning to teaching and the fact the college may not check him out properly will cause a lot of controversy with our viewers.

"But in true Corrie tradition John's job and whether he pursues it for long will be one of our great slow-burning storylines."


From:http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/tv/soaps/2807051/John-Stape-gets-another-job-as-a-teacher.html

Abbie
14-01-2010, 12:14
Im shocked as this

PILKY
14-01-2010, 12:25
wow erm dont know what to say

Perdita
14-01-2010, 13:14
I think this is good because in real life we read all the time that a sex offender has got a job in a school, this will always happen, people slip trough the nets.

PILKY
14-01-2010, 13:15
I think this is good because in real life we read all the time that a sex offender has got a job in a school, this will always happen, people slip trough the nets.

yeh thats true

Dazzle
14-01-2010, 14:16
"But in true Corrie tradition John's job and whether he pursues it for long will be one of our great slow-burning storylines."

Sounds interesting. I wonder where this storyline will go if it's going to turn out to be a big one?

Abbie
14-01-2010, 15:55
I mean I do feel bad for him, hes not crazy anymore

Dazzle
14-01-2010, 16:00
He has the potential to go off the rails big time again, going on past behaviour. It's probably a case of when, not if.

LostVoodoo
14-01-2010, 16:30
is he actually a registered sex offender? he kidnapped Rosie yes, but she did always say he didn't do anything to her. plus when they were at it she was about 17 anyway.

and i think the rules are slightly different for adult education, particularly if it is in a college and not attached to a school.

Dazzle
14-01-2010, 16:31
I'm pretty sure that John Stape is not a registered sex offender. Rosie always made quite clear that there was nothing sexual about the kidnapping.

Perdita
14-01-2010, 16:36
He slept with her when she was his pupil, that is what they have got him for

Dazzle
14-01-2010, 16:43
I'm pretty sure Rosie was over the age of consent when they had the affair. So he should be banned from teaching, but I don't think he would be classed as a sex offender because of it.

lizann
14-01-2010, 16:43
I hope he gets a job far far far away from the street and takes Fiz with him

PILKY
14-01-2010, 16:44
was she 17 at the time?

alan45
14-01-2010, 17:16
He slept with her when she was his pupil, that is what they have got him for

Thats not against the law providing she was over the age of consent. It wasnt as if he raped her. Rosie was a more than willing partner in the act. I dont think he is a registered sex offender

LalaGaga
14-01-2010, 21:53
So what do you think he's going to do this time? Murder, Divorce?

Dazzle
16-01-2010, 15:26
Whatever he does next, I hope he and Fiz stay together (unless he cheats on her again).

LalaGaga
16-01-2010, 16:54
Whatever he does next, I hope he and Fiz stay together (unless he cheats on her again).


Yeah, John and Fiz are perfect together.

Hannelene
17-01-2010, 13:47
I agree I have never taken to him and his weak character