More than 40 former pupils of a Merseyside high school now claim they were sexually abused by their teacher.
The ECHO has previously reported on the lawsuit, which now has seen more than 40 former pupils of Formby High School come forward claiming they suffered horrific abuse at the hands of Ian Farquharson. Farquharson was the head of the lower school and took his own life in 1992 after a complaint was made by the mother of a child.
The ECHO reported that Farquharson had been charged with inciting young boys to commit acts of gross indecency in 1980. According to reports in the ECHO, in February 1980, Farquharson plied his pupils with lemonade after school hours and encouraged them to commit sex acts while he spied on them through a keyhole.
