29 November 2012 Last updated at 13:59 ET

A "pathological liar" who forged qualifications to get a job as a teacher has been jailed for 18 months.

Julia Rawlinson, 45, faked documents including a doctorate to get a biology teaching job at Westlands School in Torquay, Exeter Crown Court was told.

Rawlinson, of Brixham, Devon, admitted false representation and forgery.

Judge Philip Wassall told her: "You created layer upon layer of lies and blighted everyone you taught. There was not a single sign of regret."

The court heard Rawlinson's forged documents included a masters degree in science psychology and a doctorate of science psychology from Glasgow Caledonian University and a BSc in Biochemistry from the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa.

Staff at the school became suspicious and called the police.

Rawlinson had portrayed herself as chief examiner for A-level biology with Edexcel and had helped the school before summer 2011 with A-level biology project work.

She had been taken on as a temporary part-time staff member on 1 September of last year and her employment at Westlands was terminated early the next month.

Lee Bremridge, defending Rawlinson, said she was a "pathological liar who created a lie and came to believe it".

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