A Scottish teacher has been cleared of sexually assaulting three teenage girls while teaching them during classes at an East Lothian high school.
Andrew McSwan was alleged to have touched the inner thigh of one vulnerable pupil who suffers from autism while giving her instructions during a computing class between August 2019 and March 2020. McSwan, 38, was also said to have assaulted a second female pupil by reaching in and touching her upper and inner thigh during an IT class at the same school between August 2018 and March 2020.
The teacher was also claimed to have sexually assaulted a third youngster by repeatedly pressing his body against hers and placing his hands on her shoulders and back while giving a lesson at the school. McSwan, from Tranent, East Lothian, denied the three sexual assault allegations and stood trial over two days at Edinburgh Sheriff Court this week.
