Nun Probe Cop Wore ‘no Surrender’ Badge

Scottish Sun
April 30, 2013

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A POLICEWOMAN probing claims of abuse by nuns was caught wearing a ‘No Surrender’ badge at a Rangers game, a court heard yesterday.

DC Lesley McAuley was spotted with the Loyalist sticker on her uniform, a jury heard.

And she is also facing assault charges, including allegations of a racist attack.

The cop worked on the probe into Anne Kenny, 79, and Agnes Reville, 77, known as Mother Rosaria and Mother Martin.

At the nuns’ trial at Paisley Sheriff Court, the jury heard how the policewoman was removed from football duties after the picture emerged.

DC McAuley was part of the team investigating claims that eight girls were abused at Dalbeth approved school in Bishopton, Renfrewshire, in the 1970s.

Earlier, the trial heard from Kathleen Humphries, 56, who accused Mother Rosaria of hitting her with a carpet beater because she had tried to run away from the school.

She said: “She battered me about the body with it every couple of days.

“She threw me across the room and hit me with the carpet beater when I was on the floor. I was screaming.”

Ms Humphries admitted having previous convictions for dishonesty but insisted she was telling the truth.

Kenny and Reville deny the charges and the trial continues.