Elf on the Shelf prank at Scots special needs school sees teachers mock up Santa’s helpers snorting cocaine
cocaine.Photos of the toy elves with straws up their noses and lines of pretend cocaine were posted on a staff WhatsApp group.The images showed the elves surrounded by beer cans and cigarette packets on desks at Braidburn School in Edinburgh.But the gag blew up after a pupil support assistant at the school complained that the pictures were “disgusting”.Robert Sinclair, who reported the festive spoof to the council’s whistleblower hotline, said his job was terminated as a result.The 40-year-old said senior staff at the primary school in the city’s Oxgangs area tried to laugh it off as a “joke”.And now Robert, who has a close relative who has battled cocaine addiction for many years, said his contract isn’t being renewed after he refused to