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| Former TV weatherman Fred Talbot has gone on trial accused of indecently assaulting several teenage boys on school trips to Scotland. | Former TV weatherman Fred Talbot has gone on trial accused of indecently assaulting several teenage boys on school trips to Scotland. |
| He is also accused of lewd, indecent and libidinous practices and behaviour towards a boy aged 12 on a trip. | He is also accused of lewd, indecent and libidinous practices and behaviour towards a boy aged 12 on a trip. |
| Mr Talbot, 67, of Greater Manchester, went on trial at Lanark Sheriff Court after a jury of 15 men and women was selected. | Mr Talbot, 67, of Greater Manchester, went on trial at Lanark Sheriff Court after a jury of 15 men and women was selected. |
| He has pleaded not guilty to the charges. | He has pleaded not guilty to the charges. |
| Mr Talbot is also accused of carrying out the offences involving pupils aged 15 to 17 on trips in Scotland while he was employed as a school teacher. | Mr Talbot is also accused of carrying out the offences involving pupils aged 15 to 17 on trips in Scotland while he was employed as a school teacher. |
| He faces eight charges of indecent assault between January 1978 and November 1981, as well as one charge of lewd, indecent and libidinous behaviour in February 1978. | |
| One of the charges alleges he gave a 15-year-old boy alcohol, rendering him intoxicated, during a camping trip. | One of the charges alleges he gave a 15-year-old boy alcohol, rendering him intoxicated, during a camping trip. |
| Six of the incidents are alleged to have happened on camping excursions in Moffat in Dumfries and Galloway, and three on boating trips on the Caledonian Canal in Inverness. | Six of the incidents are alleged to have happened on camping excursions in Moffat in Dumfries and Galloway, and three on boating trips on the Caledonian Canal in Inverness. |
| The trial, before Sheriff Nikola Stewart, is expected to last for two to three weeks. | The trial, before Sheriff Nikola Stewart, is expected to last for two to three weeks. |