New abuse allegations against teacher at Kerelaw Residential Unit

A new inquiry into violent abuse at a notorious residential school has been launched by Police Scotland.

The Daily Record has reported that a new victim has come forward with claims of attacks by jailed former teacher Matthew George at Kerelaw Residential School in Stevenston, Ayrshire.

George, 66, was jailed for a catalogue of physical and sexual abuses at the unit, which was shut down in 2006.

But another man, now 48, claimed he was thrown through a second-floor window during his stay. He told the newspaper: “I have the scars to prove what he did to me.

“He gave me a nickname, ‘Mongo John’. He used to hit me and chase after me as well. Matt George even took me home and did it. One of the reasons the police believed my story is because I could show them where he lived.

“He is an evil man and he got his bully boys to throw me through a window.”

The former pupil said his abuse happened when he was 13 or 14. He said: “In every class, he had one person who he would pick on. And I was the runt of the class. Because of him, I was bullied all through my stay in Kerelaw by the older ones. He encouraged it.

In 2006, a jury found George guilty of 18 charges dating back to 1978 and is currently in jail serving a 10 year sentence.

Kerelaw was the subject of almost 400 allegations of abuse from 159 children spanning 20 years and was closed in 2006 following a police probe into abuse.

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