Several former teachers have appeared in court accused of child cruelty and sexual abuse at a boarding school over more than a decade.
The eight defendants were charged in connection with the alleged sex abuse scandal at Rhydd Court School, in the county of Worcestershire in the west of England, in the United Kingdom, between the late 1970s and early 1990s.
Five men and three women, aged between 51 and 82, appeared before Worcester Magistrates Court on Thursday, August 4.