Alleged historical offences at boarding school
A 76 year-old Douglas man has denied assaulting pupils at a South Lakeland school in Cumbria.
Derrick William Cooper, of Hillberry Green, today (Monday, March 20) entered not guilty pleas to six charges of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and two offences of child cruelty.
He was one of six men who appeared at Carlisle Crown Court in connection with alleged historical offences at the former boarding school.
The court heard 38 separate charges, which all the defendants deny, covered a period from 1976 to 1993.
A trial, expected to last between eight and 10 weeks, is due to get under way at the crown court in early 2018.
Minimum Wage: Details of business support to be unveiled in Tynwald
Man who strangled and abused ex-partner jailed
Salvation Army received over 1,800 referrals for help over Christmas
GNAAS named the official charity partner for TT 2026
Help at hand for SAD sufferers