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Former housemaster who abused vulnerable schoolchildren jailed for years of brutality
A former housemaster who assaulted and raped vulnerable children during a regime of brutality at a residential school has been jailed for 10 years.
Army veteran William Brydson, 78, inflicted years of cruelty on pupils while employed as head of care at Monken Hadley, latterly known as Woodlands School, in Newton Stewart, Dumfries and Galloway. Brydson's offending - which included rape, indecent assault, assault to injury and assault - occurred between 1979 and 1986 and involved nine youngsters.
Judge Lady Poole said the victims were children who faced difficulties in their lives for various reasons. She commended the now adults' bravery in giving evidence and having to relive experiences "from a very dark part of their lives".
Lady Poole branded Brydson's behaviour as "an appalling breach of trust.
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