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Teacher Accused of Firing Golf Balls, Rocks at Kids

Scottish students allege 15 charges of violence

By Neal Colgrass,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 20, 2011 5:27 PM CST

(Newser) – Former students say he lined them up against a wall and fired golf balls at them. And then rocks. And tossed them in rivers. James McMenemy, a former teacher at the Kerelaw school for troubled kids in Scotland, is facing 15 charges of violence against students in a competency hearing, the Daily Mail reports. "I had cuts and burns from where I was dragged to the floor," said a former student of an alleged fight with McMenemy. "There was no point complaining because this happened all the time."

"It wasn't just McMenemy, but a lot of them," he went on. "I didn't think it was right but I was only a wee guy. " A Glasgow city councilor said she saw inappropriate use of force when she visited the school. "There was an air in the senior management of 'This is Kerelaw, we do things our own way.' They covered for each other." The school closed in 2006 amid some 400 allegations of bullying and child abuse; one former art teacher was sentenced to 10 years for physical and sexual abuse of students.

A Scottish teacher is accused of lining up students and hurling golf balls at them.
A Scottish teacher is accused of lining up students and hurling golf balls at them.   (Shutterstock)
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Showing 3 of 7 comments
solnidor
Nov 21, 2011 8:14 AM CST
spare the nine-iron - spoil the child
vjh
Nov 20, 2011 10:31 PM CST
Those sadistic assholes!  These kids have experienced the ultimate betrayal.  I hope the teachers and school get sued, but mostly I hope the kids recover.  What is wrong with fucking people???
Kookey90
Nov 20, 2011 9:46 PM CST
Hmmm, "The school closed in 2006 amid some 400 allegations of bullying and child abuse"; this would have been some news if we were back in the year 2006, but it is now getting close to the year 2012. Why the long wait in filing charges?

 
Scotland • child abuse • high school students • teacher

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