SCOTLAND
BBC News
Two nuns have been cleared of assaulting girls in their care at an approved school in Renfrewshire.
Anne Kenny, 79, known as Mother Rosaria, and Agnes Reville, 77, known as Mother Martin, had been accused of hitting pupils at Dalbeth Approved School in Bishopton in the 1970s.
Their trial at Paisley Sheriff Court heard claims that pupils were held in a cupboard and hit with a carpet beater.
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