Two of Scotland’s top private schools yesterday apologised after an inquiry heard of the ‘brutal and unrestrained’ historical abuse of pupils.
The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry was given harrowing closing submissions as part of its investigation into Edinburgh Academy and Fettes College.
The inquiry heard that 20 teaching staff at Edinburgh Academy were subject to allegations, including a child being beaten with a cricket bat, another pupil suffering a ‘bleed on the brain’, a youngster being strangled and boys being paid to swim naked.
Most of the evidence covered the years between 1954 and 1995, with submissions from nearly 50 witnesses, including broadcaster Nicky Campbell.
The Scot fought back tears as he told the inquiry of the abuse he and fellow classmates suffered at the hands of former teacher Iain Wares and other masters at the school.
