A Scots secondary school is in shock after the death of a respected teacher just days before she was due to face trial for allegedly assaulting a female pupil.
Languages teacher and church minister's wife Katherine Scouler had been suspended since October after the classroom incident while trying to take a mobile phone off a girl.
Her trial was due to call at Jedburgh Sheriff Court this Thursday when she was due to face a charge of pulling the girl's hair and striking her to the head with her hand.
