Ten new arrests over alleged historical abuse at Kerelaw school

Ten caller arrests person been made successful transportation with allegations of humanities maltreatment astatine a residential schoolhouse successful North Ayrshire, BBC Scotland News has learned.

Police Scotland confirmed the 7 men and 3 women, aged betwixt 52 and 77, were questioned astir the attraction of children astatine Kerelaw successful Stevenston.

Two years agone a erstwhile teacher and a attraction idiosyncratic were jailed for sexually and physically abusing 28 children astatine the site, which closed successful 2006.

The constabulary probe is looking astatine allegations against different individuals dating arsenic acold backmost to the 1970s.

Kerelaw opened successful 1970, initially arsenic a council-run residential portion for boys but aboriginal became co-educational, with a mixed enactment unafraid portion added successful 1983.

It catered for young radical with behavioural oregon intelligence challenges - galore of whom had been progressive successful intoxicant oregon cause use, oregon petty crime.

The tract was the largest council-run constitution of its benignant successful Scotland.

In 2022, the proceedings of erstwhile creation and PE teacher Matthew George and attraction idiosyncratic John Muldoon heard that unit and intersexual maltreatment were "rife", with susceptible children excessively frightened to study their ordeals.

The proceedings heard grounds that boys were lined up successful the gym hallway and deed with play balls, and 1 kid was beaten with a mop and forced to devour soap.

George was jailed for 16 years, portion Muldoon was fixed a 12-year-sentence for crimes including rape.

It was the 2nd clip the brace had been convicted of maltreatment astatine Kerelaw.

The Crown and Procurator Fiscal Service said reports from constabulary relating to 10 individuals had been received.

It is understood a lawsuit is besides being prepared against different person, aged successful their 70s, who was arrested separately. A tribunal proceeding is expected successful the adjacent future.

The schoolhouse astatine Kerelaw closed successful 2004, but the unafraid portion stayed unfastened until 2006.

A 2009 probe by Glasgow City Council - which had taken implicit moving the schoolhouse from the aged Strathclyde Regional Council - recovered Kerelaw had been severely managed.

Evidence astir Kerelaw has besides been heard by the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry which has yet to people its findings.