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A retired teacher guilty of the historical abuse of 18 girls at a former residential school has been spared a jail-term. ‌

Patricia Robertson tormented youngsters during her time at Fornethy House in Angus. ‌

The girls - sent there for supposed "short-term respite" from their homes - were force fed, assaulted, humiliated and left in tears. ‌

One survivor told jurors: "I just wanted to curl up like a wee baby. I still do not understand how an adult could be like that."

Robertson - now aged 77 - had denied the accusations which spanned between 1969 and 1984.

The pensioner today returned to the High Court in Glasgow having been convicted of 18 charges of cruel and unnatural treatment. ‌

A large group of women and their families affected by

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