Ex-primary school teacher accused of performing sex act in front of child

Gerald King allegedly used lewd, indecent and libidinous practices towards a boy at primary school in north of Glasgow.

Former primary school teacher accused of performing sex act in front of boy in GlasgowSNS Group

A former school teacher will stand trial accused of performing a sex act in front of a boy.

Gerald King, 69, allegedly used lewd, indecent and libidinous practices towards the boy aged between seven and 11 at a primary school in the north of Glasgow.

Court papers state that the offence took place on an occasion between August 1991 and June 1995.

It is stated that King was a school teacher and a football coach at the time.

The charge claims King invited the boy into a room where he was changing where he then performed the sex act.

King pled not guilty on Wednesday at Glasgow Sheriff Court to the single charge.

A trial was fixed for December by sheriff John McCormick.

King, of the city’s Springburn, had his bail continued meantime.

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