Children evacuated from leisure centre after false leg prompted pervert alert

Children were evacuated from a swimming pool amid fears of a pervert in the changing rooms, only to discover the alarm was caused by a false leg.

Staff spotted a foot sticking out from under a cubicle as primary school pupils got changed after a swimming lesson.



The eight and nine year-olds were quickly ushered out by teachers who then went to investigate the find at Larkfield Leisure Centre at Aylesford, Kent. But when they opened the changing room door they saw the suspected pervert was a prosthetic leg innocently left by a disabled man while he went for a swim.

Kerry Thomas, head of Kings Hill Primary, near West Malling, said: “We had 60 children at the pool that day, although they weren’t all in there at once. One of the members of staff had seen it, and we quickly moved the children out, and everything was dealt with in accordance with school policy.”