TWO former workers at West Kirby Residential School have been committed to Crown Court by Wirral magistrates.

Matthew Geoffrey Johnson, aged 39, currently living in Cumbria, faces 21 charges of indecent assault on young males and two allegations of abduction.

Malcolm James Cook, 32, of The Royal, Hoylake, is charged with two matters of indecent assault and two of possessing indecent photographs of a child. They are bailed for trial and plea on January 22.

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