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Police launch investigation into abuse claims at Nicky Campbell’s old school

Police Scotland has launched an investigation into historic claims of abuse at a top school BBC presenter Nicky Campbell attended. The broadcaster claimed he had suffered abuse during his time at Edinburgh Academy in the 1970s. The force said the ...

15 Sept 2022 at 17:55

Child abuse inquiry to focus on Edinburgh Academy

The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry will focus on Edinburgh Academy when it resumes public hearings on boarding schools in late summer. The inquiry has been investigating residential care provisions at boarding schools for a number of years and has ...

10 Mar 2023 at 16:36

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Former teacher accused of abusing children at private school named as Iain Wares

A former teacher accused of abusing children at two private schools in Edinburgh has been named as Iain Wares after an order preventing his identification was lifted. The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (SCAI) announced that permission was given ...

08 Mar 2023 at 00:06

Edinburgh Academy apologises for ‘brutal and unrestrained’ historic abuse

A private school has apologised for “brutal and unrestrained” historic abuse. A total of 20 teaching staff at Edinburgh Academy were subject to allegations, including a child being beaten with a cricket bat, another pupil suffering a “small ...

30 Aug 2023 at 17:48

Nicky Campbell: Abusive teacher at Edinburgh Academy ‘was like Jimmy Savile’

Broadcaster Nicky Campbell has told an inquiry of sexual abuse he endured at Edinburgh Academy as he compared a teacher to Jimmy Savile. Mr Campbell, 62, attended Edinburgh Academy, a fee-paying school, between 1966 and 1978, from the ages ...

22 Aug 2023 at 17:38

Psychiatrist thought he could ‘cure’ alleged abuser, inquiry hears

An accused former teacher was supported in a bid to adopt a child by a psychiatrist who believed he could “cure him” – and intervened to stop him being sacked from Fettes College over abuse allegations, an inquiry has heard. A senior ...

23 Aug 2023 at 10:47

Inquiry should recommend support for abuse survivors, says Nicky Campbell

An inquiry investigating historic child abuse in Scotland should recommend support for victims that would “repair lives already broken”, broadcaster and abuse survivor Nicky Campbell has said. The TV and radio presenter was a victim ...

08 Apr 2024 at 09:06

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Nicky Campbell speaks to daughter of his alleged abuser on podcast

The daughter of an alleged serial child abuser has said she cannot bear the fact his “blood is inside me” after hearing claims brought by BBC presenter Nicky Campbell. Hamish Dawson worked at the Edinburgh Academy in the 1970s and ...

22 Feb 2023 at 11:14

Edinburgh Academy abuse survivors take on Everest to raise money for NSPCC

Abuse survivors who attended the same school as broadcaster Nicky Campbell are set to climb Everest in a bid to raise money for charity. Former pupils of Edinburgh Academy are to take on the challenge of scaling the world’s ...

04 Apr 2024 at 12:12

Five men arrested over alleged non-recent abuse at Edinburgh Academy

Five men, aged between 69 and 90, have been arrested and charged in connection with alleged, non-recent, abuse incidents at Edinburgh Academy, police have said. Police Scotland said that a sixth man, aged 74, will also be ...

13 Dec 2023 at 10:25

Court rules ex-teacher abused pupils at Edinburgh Academy

A court ruling that an ex-teacher inflicted “cruel and unnatural acts” on pupils at Edinburgh Academy was welcomed by BBC presenter Nicky Campbell who campaigned for accountability about abuse at the private school. John ...

27 Mar 2024 at 19:35

Abusive PE teacher who attacked boys over 27 years exploited trust, court finds

An abusive PE teacher who subjected pupils at an elite private school to physical and sexual assaults was found to have exploited a position of trust for almost 30 years. John Young, 91, was found to have targeted ...

11 Aug 2025 at 16:15

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