A couple who took their son out of school for four weeks for a trip to Pakistan have been ordered to pay more than £1,000.
Kirklees Magistrates Court was told that couple from Crosland Moor area did not have permission to take their seven-year-old out of primary school and as a result of the trip to Pakistan the child missed a total of 42 sessions, totalling almost a 15% rate of absence over the school year.
Magistrates found the matter proved in the couple’s absence and fined them £440 each. Both must also pay £143 prosecution costs and £44 victim surcharge.
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