11-year-old dresses as 'Fifty Shades' character, gets banned from World Book Day photos

An 11-year-old boy in England was banned from his school's World Book Day festivities after showing up dressed as Christian Grey - complete with an eye mask and zip ties as props.

According to The Guardian, Liam Scholes was told he could not take part in the annual literary event dressed as the main character from "Fifty Shades of Grey".

His mother, who also happens to be a teacher, accused the school of double standards. She told the Manchester Evening News another teacher came dressed as the blood splattered forensics expert turned serial killer "Dexter."

Speaking to BBC Radio 4's Today she said it was unfair of the school to ban her son from photos of the event and ask him to change character to James Bond.

"They wanted him to be James Bond (who) ironically is a very promiscuous character who kills people. So I don't know who is worse of the two," Nicola Scholes said.

Scholes said her son has not read the book nor seen the film, but it was his idea to dress up as Grey.

"I don't think there is anyone in the country who doesn't know about the book - it's been plastered everywhere for the past couple of years," Scholes said. "Liam's argument was that it was the most talked about book character for the last couple of years."

School officials stood by the decision saying "the aim of our World Book Day events was to celebrate and encourage reading and we are disappointed that what was a fantastic day for our students has been marred by this issue."