Teacher’s fears for schoolboy
hospital for a facial injury.
She said: “He obviously had an injury to his nose. As the day went on, his nose started to appear as if it was broken.
“He didn’t say anything. He was taken to Yorkhill Hospital.
“We got word back he had 15 bruises on him and an untreated cut to his head.
“On various occasions, he had marks to his face.
“During primary two, it was ongoing. It would be quite often.”
The Doyles have faced four charges of abuse against the youngsters between January 2010 and November 2014 in Paisley.
The couple were alleged to have repeatedly attacked the girl – when she was aged between six and 10 – by lifting her above their heads and throwing her on to the ground.
It is claimed they rained down punches and strikes, booted her on the head and body and locked her outside.
Siobhan admitted repeatedly slapping the children.
Christopher faces two separate assault charges. He is accused of pushing the boy down a flight of stairs, leaving him injured.
He also faces claims he battered another girl, when she was aged between five and nine, by holding her over a bannister by the throat, threatening to throw her over and locking her outside a house.
Christopher rubbished claims that he kicked the boy down steps after asking him: “Have you got your parachute ready?”
He also rejected accusations that he lashed out because the youngster took a Wagon Wheel biscuit without permission.
The former teacher told how the lad started acting out in class and repeatedly ended up in her office.
She added: “He was a lovely wee boy. He was brought to my attention because he would steal other children’s tuck. “It was quite out of character for him. “I spoke to him practically on a daily basis. He used to come seek me out.
“He would come find me in the canteen to tell me what he had been doing.
“He would come tell me ‘ I was in trouble today because I stole somebody’s sweeties’.
“There was an incident when he went into the staff room and stole food out the fridge. It was almost as if he was doing something so he could come tell me about it.
“As it continued, I saw it as more than something that was just stealing. “It was very, very, very unusual. “I’ve only ever seen stealing like that in one other child.”
Defence lawyer Jonathan Manson claimed the boy had been targeted by other children and had began bullying others.
He claimed he was a “fighter” and could have picked the bruises up in playground tussles.
Mr Manson also insisted the lad’s injuries were sustained when another child hit him on the face with a toy.
Another teacher, 36, told how he noticed bruising on the boy’s face during a PE session.
He insisted they had not been there the day before during a field trip to Largs.
This teacher told the court he had not heard of the lad being involved in name calling or violence.
The trial earlier heard from a medic who described his injuries as the most “unexplained” bruising she had ever seen.
Dr Dierdre Lynch admitted she was “shocked” by the state of the youngster’s body when she examined him.
The GP, 37, checked him over while she was working as a locum at a practice in Johnstone.
She said: “I was shocked when I saw the number of bruises
“I’d never seen that number of bruises on a child which were unexplained.
“The child gave me no answers as to how the bruising was there.”
The trial before Sheriff Frances McCartney continues.