<p class="mol-para-with-font">A second headteacher from Oldham has spoken of alleged 'Trojan Horse' style bullying at a free school in the town.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">Fears over attempts to impose an Islamist ethos into British schools re-emerged in Greater Manchester last week when headteacher Trish O'Donnell claimed she was forced out of her job by 'intimidation'.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">Now Rick Hodge, who was due to be principal the Phoenix Free School in Oldham, has said he also suffered a 'campaign of harassment' by the school's Muslim co-founder.</p><div class="artSplitter mol-img-group"> <div class="mol-img"> <div class="image-wrap"> <img id="i-2d61d84e1cd79271" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" website height="425" width="634" alt="Rick Hodge, who was due to be principal of the Phoenix Free School in Oldham, claims he was bullied in a 'Trojan horse-style' plot" class="blkBorder img-share" style="max-width:100%" /> </div> <noscript> <img id="i-2d61d84e1cd79271" website height="425" width="634" alt="Rick Hodge, who was due to be principal of the Phoenix Free School in Oldham, claims he was bullied in a 'Trojan horse-style' plot" class="blkBorder img-share" /> </noscript> </div> <p class="imageCaption">Rick Hodge, who was due to be principal of the Phoenix Free School in Oldham, claims he was bullied in a 'Trojan horse-style' plot</p></div><p class="mol-para-with-font">Phoenix Free School was based on the idea of having former Armed Forces servicemen and women teaching children in the town, which was hit by race riots in 2001.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">But the school failed to open after not enough children applied and Mr Hodge left as principal designate in 2013.</p><div><div data-track-module="am-related_carousel^related_carousel" data-track-selector=".rotator-panels a:not([class*=external])" data-dm-rotator-rotate="false" data-track-pos="static" 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class="image-wrap"> <img id="i-2e47b62501002eb5" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" website height="359" width="306" alt="It comes after Trish O'Donnell, head of Clarksfield Primary School in Oldham, claimed she has received death threats" class="blkBorder img-share" style="max-width:100%" /> </div> <noscript> <img id="i-2e47b62501002eb5" website height="359" width="306" alt="It comes after Trish O'Donnell, head of Clarksfield Primary School in Oldham, claimed she has received death threats" class="blkBorder img-share" /> </noscript> </div> <p class="imageCaption">It comes after Trish O'Donnell, head of Clarksfield Primary School in Oldham, claimed she has received death threats</p></div><p class="mol-para-with-font">He said another man connected with the school 'went completely off on one about how not wearing a hijab would effectively turn all Muslim women into whores'.</p><p class="mol-para-with-font">Mr Burki vehemently denied any 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