SCOTLAND
STV
A group of men accused of abusing pupils at a school run by the Christian Brothers have made their first appearance in court.
John Farrell, 72, Paul Kelly, 62, Edward Egan, 77, Michael Murphy, 75, and William Don, 61, appeared in the dock at the High Court in Glasgow.
They are accused of physically and sexually abusing boys at the former St Ninian’s School in Falkland, Fife, between 1970 and 1983.
The 23-page indictment lists 131 charges involving more than 40 alleged victims.
The five men each pleaded not guilty to all the allegations.
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