SCOTLAND
Daily Record
BY WILMA RILEY
FIVE men went on trial yesterday accused of sexually and physically abusing boys in their care at a school between 1967 and 1983.
It’s claimed they attacked pupils aged 11 to 16 at the former St Ninian’s School in Falkland, Fife. There are 121 charges on the indictment involving abuse, and prosecutors say there were 35 victims.
Many ex-pupils claim they were assaulted with implements, including shoes, a belt and a ruler.
John Farrell, 73, Paul Kelly, 63, Edward Egan, 78, Michael Murphy, 76, and William Don, 61, deny all the charges they face.
Most of the allegations are against Kelly and Farrell. Kelly is alleged to have left a boy of 13 rolled up in a rug overnight, and to have stripped another pupil and hung him upside-down from a bridge.
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