A PRIMARY school teacher has gone on trial accused of a string of sexual abuse charges against former pupils.
Gerald King, 66, is accused of using lewd and libidinous practices towards seven school children while he was a teacher at a school in the north of Glasgow.
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He went on trial today at Glasgow Sheriff Court where he is represented by defence counsel Gavin Anderson.
The charges span from August 1, 1983 to June 30, 1989 at the school in Glasgow and are alleged to have been committed against five boys and two girls.
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King, from Springburn, Glasgow also faces a charge of taking or permitting to be taken, indecent images of children on various occasions between January 1987 and December 1988 at Barrowfield football park at the city’s London road.
The pensioner denies the charges against him and the trial before sheriff Johanna Johnston QC continues.
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