A CELTIC Boys Club manager touched a 15-year-old’s private parts in a shower room at Celtic Park when the teenager was feeling upset after a game, a court has heard.
The alleged victim, now 52, said initially Francis Cairney was giving him a consoling hug because he was homesick and was “shocked” when the manager touched him inappropriately. The 87-year-old is charged with indecently assaulting one boy in the late 1970s and another in the 1980s at football facilities, and a third boy in a hotel room in Aviemore and a car in Cumbernauld.
Cairney, who has dementia, has been found unfit to stand trial for medical reasons and instead an examination of facts hearing is taking place at Glasgow Sheriff Court. He maintains his plea of not guilty to the charges and has been excused from attending the hearing.
