Parents have branded their punishment a “diabolical liberty” after they dared to take their child out of school for a £5,000 exotic holiday.

The mother and father have each been ordered to do 120 hours of unpaid work by Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court after they refused to cancel a two-week trip of a lifetime.

It was the second time they had taken their youngster out of Plume School, Maldon, or allowed the child to miss school.

The father said: “I think it’s a diabolical liberty.

“People get less community service for mugging someone."

 

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