SCOTLAND
Fife Today
Friday 08 July 2016
A verdict is expected early next week in the trial of two men accused of abusing boys at the former St Ninian’s School in Falkland.
John Farrell (73), of Motherwell, and Paul Kelly (63), of Plymouth, have denied sexually and physically abusing the boys, then aged between 11 and 16, between 1967 and 1983.
They went on trial in April at the High Court in Glasgow.
The Crown claims a total of 35 boys were allegedly abused at the school. Farrell has lodged a special defence of alibi.
The trial, before judge Lord Matthews, is expected to end on Monday or Tuesday. It is one of the longest abuse trials ever heard in Scotland and, over the last 12 weeks, dozens of the alleged victims have given evidence, some of whom are now in their 50s.
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