SCOTLAND
BBC News
Five men have gone on trial accused of sexually and physically abusing pupils in their care at a school in Fife between 1967 and 1983.
They are charged with abusing boys who were aged between 11 and 16 at the former St Ninian’s School in Falkland.
At the High Court in Glasgow John Farrell, 73, Paul Kelly, 63, Edward Egan, 78, Michael Murphy, 76, and William Don, 61, denied the charges.
The court indictment lists 121 charges involving sexual and physical abuse.
The majority of the allegations are against Farrell and Kelly.
The Crown claim that a total of 35 boys were allegedly abused at the school.
Many of them allege they were assaulted with a variety of implements, including shoes, belt and a ruler.
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