LISTEN: Pair found guilty of abusing pupils at Catholic school in Fife

John Farrell and Paul Kelly face lengthy jail terms

Published 22nd Jul 2016

Two men have been found guilty of sexually abusing and assaulting boys at a Catholic-run school in the 1970s and 80s.

John Farrell, 73, and Paul Kelly, 64, were convicted of several charges against six former pupils of St Ninian's School in Falkland, Fife, after a long-running trial at the High Court in Glasgow.

The men were remanded in custody after a jury found Farrell, from Motherwell, North Lanarkshire, guilty of three counts of indecent assault and a charge of assaulting a boy with a belt.

Kelly, from Plymouth, Devon, was convicted of four counts of indecent assault and three assault charges, including hitting a boy's head off sinks at the school, which was run by members of the Catholic religious order the Congregation of Christian Brothers.

Chief Inspector Nicola Shepherd worked on the case.

She's speaking to Forth News reporter Lizzie Parker: