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'Torture' monk loses abuse appeal
A former monk jailed for administering electric shocks to schoolboys has failed to have his conviction overturned.The Court of Criminal Appeal in Edinburgh upheld the case against Michael Murphy, 73, who worked at St Ninian's school in Stirlingshire.
In 2003 Murphy, known as Brother Benedict, was convicted of ten assaults on nine boys dating from the 1960s.
Murphy was jailed for two years for the crimes but released after nine days to await the outcome of the appeal.
Two judges at the hearing rejected Murphy's claims that the conviction was unsafe because of identification issues and the amount of time that had elapsed between the case coming to court.
A third judge, Lord Marnoch, did express concern and said pre-trial publicity may have affected the question of identification.
Full story at BBC Scotland News.
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