Description
On 31 March 2004 the appellant was convicted on indictment at Glasgow Sheriff Court of four statutory charges of lewd, indecent and libidinous practices and one charge of indecent assault. The complainers were four girls each of whom was a pupil at a secondary school where the appellant was a teacher. The charges of which he was convicted were (1) a charge of lewd, indecent and libidinous practices against LM, committed at the school and at an address in the same town on various occasions between 1 August 1999 and 6 March 2000 (2) a charge of indecent assault against LM committed at the school and at the same address on various occasions between 7 March 2000 and 31 December 2000 (3) a charge of lewd, indecent and libidinous practices against CS, committed at the school and in a motor vehicle travelling between the school and another address in same town on various occasions between 1 August 2000 and 4 December 2000 (4) a charge of lewd, indecent and libidinous practices against CM, committed at the school on various occasions between 1 August 2001 and 31 July 2002 and (6) a charge of lewd, indecent and libidinous practices against JW, committed at the school on various occasions between 1 August 2001 and 30 September 2002. The appellant was acquitted of charge (5 )on a submission of no case to answer. There was dir