A child who was due to appear on this evenings Comic Relief has been told that he is no longer invited to take part on the show because he hit a producer.
The boy, who has to remain nameless for legal reasons, was told early yesterday evening that he is no longer invited on to the show be on the show "because of scenes of violence that can not be encouraged"
It is believed that the child, who has Tourettes is said to be "very upset".
It has been put forward that the child's condition could be the reason for the "assault". Because of his disability his movement becomes affected, he often has sudden movements and swings his arms out unexpectedly and although it has been argued that this is not an act of aggression BBC management have decided to take the harsh decision to not allow him onto the show.
A BBC spokesman said "It may be seen as being too strict but we felt we had to take this course of action, we couldn't allow this to be allowed to happen so we set out a precedent to all that we take a no tolerance approach to acts of violence.
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