SCOTLAND
Fife Today
Five men will stand trial next year accused of abusing pupils at a school run by the Christian Brothers in Fife between 1970 and 1983.
The men, aged between 61 and 77. are accused of physically and sexually abusing boys at the former St Ninian’s School in Falkland.
The accused are John Farrell, 72, Paul Kelly, 63, Edward Egan, 77, Michael Murphy, 75, and William Don, 61, from Leven. They all deny the charges against them and have lodged pleas of not guilty.
On Wednesday at the High Court in Glasgow only Farrell was present when the trial date was set. The others were excused attendance.
Judge Lord Burns said: “The indictment runs to 23 pages and there are slightly less than 130 charges.’’
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