unfounded

As well as poor performance, Meta says the 45-year-old was also fired for "toxic behaviour" after she had made "misleading and unfounded allegations of harassment".

He is not the only teacher to have been targeted by unfounded allegations of this kind.

In a statement, army chief Gen Oumar Diarra said the allegations "relayed by terrorist networks, allies and sponsors" follow other "unfounded" claims against state forces.

But the claim was "unfounded", presiding judge Thomas Koch said.

The last time I returned to Flaco’s cage, I knew more about eagle-owls and understood that my earlier impression was not unfounded.