A 53-year-old teacher is thought to have taken her own life days before she was due to face trial for allegedly assaulting a pupil at the secondary school where she worked.
Katherine Scouler had been suspended since October following the alleged incident which is said to have happened while she tried to take a mobile phone off a female pupil.
The languages teacher was due to appear at Jedburgh Sheriff Court in the Scottish Borders to face a charge of pulling the girl's hair and striking her to the head with her hand.
