Ex-teacher faces ten charges of abusing colleagues and pupils

Michael Barile, who is also a former director of Dundee United, was given an absolute discharge following an appeal last year in court in Edinburgh.

However, he is now facing fresh allegations of assault on teachers and pupils following a preliminary conduct hearing by the General Teaching Council for Scotland (GTCS) yesterday.

Mr Barile, 54, is charged with "engaging in aggressive and threatening behaviour" towards two teachers while working at Madras College, St Andrews, and a further two teachers at Lawside academy in Dundee.

He is also accused of using threatening behaviour towards two Madras College pupils, and also of pushing two youngsters so that they fell against a door and a chair, pulling another child's hair and grabbing a young female pupil while he was employed at Lawside.

The former maths teacher will now face a six-day disciplinary hearing later this year.

A GTCS conduct panel was told Mr Barile, from Dundee, phoned Madras College teacher John Urquhart and "put him in a state of alarm", and shouted at staff member Dorothy Comber in November 2006.

The five-man panel was also told Mr Barile behaved aggressively towards teachers Carol Scott and Kathleen Valentine between 15 October, 2007 and May 2008 while working at Lawside Academy in Dundee.

The GTCS will also investigate claims Mr Barile assaulted two pupils at Madras College between August 2006 and July 2007, and examine fresh allegations of assault on five pupils at Lawside Academy between October 2007 and May 2008.

Mr Barile has recently claimed the professional body was conducting a "witch hunt" against him after he tried to have the hearing cancelled because he is no longer a teacher.

But, following yesterday's hearing, the charity worker claimed he will now fight the new charges and blames senior management at the schools for "leaving me out to dry".

He said: "Most of these incidents were initiated by me as I reported the pupils in the first place. But it has all been turned round, and now I am the one facing the charges.

"I believe I've been singled out because I was what you would call a 'traditional' teacher, and I have been identified as someone that can be easily attacked.

"But I am determined to fight these allegations all the way and to clear my reputation."

Mr Barile was sacked by Dundee City Council after being found guilty of assaulting two pupils in 2008.

He was admonished over the incidents, but the verdict would have remained on his record as he had been convicted

Appeal judges then changed the original decision from admonishment to "absolute discharge" in 2010, meaning that Mr Barile could continue in his role with United For All, a charity linked to Dundee United FC, and can work with children.

The appeal judges found Mr Barile's actions resulted from "extreme provocation" from the two teenage boys.