Sarah McDermott, Eileen Igoe and Margaret Hughes are alleged to have hurt children at Smyllum Park.
Sarah McDermott, 79, Margaret Hughes, 76 and Eileen Igoe, 79, are alleged to have mistreated youngsters at Smyllum Park in Lanark.
It is claimed that a number of "cruel and unnatural" incidents happened at the home between 1969 and 1981. McDermott, from London, Hughes, from Lanark, and Igoe, from Edinburgh, pled not guilty to a string of charges at Airdrie Sheriff Court.Wooden coat hanger Igoe faces five charges of cruel and unnatural treatment and three charges of assault as well as one charge of assault to injury.McDermott faces six charges of cruel and unnatural treatment.
It is claimed she repeatedly struck a boy with a wooden coat hanger and repeatedly forced food into girl's mouth.McDermott has lodged a special defence of incrimination, which states the alleged acts were committed by another woman who is now believed to have died.Few reasons for optimism after US diplomatic dash
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