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Former foster child tells inquiry of being beaten with a belt until he bled

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Foster child tells inquiry of being beaten until he bled

A former foster child has spoken of his ordeal at the hands of carers as he told an inquiry he was beaten with a belt until he bled. Christopher Scott spent time in foster homes in Scotland in the late 1970s and early 1980s, the Scottish Child Abuse ...

10 Aug 2022 at 17:32

Child abuse inquiry to begin foster care hearings in May

The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry will begin hearing evidence into the abuse of children in foster care in May. During the first phase of the foster care case study, which will begin on May 3, the inquiry will hear evidence from relevant experts and ...

24 Mar 2022 at 11:25

Foster carer gave children soap to lick as punishment for lying, inquiry told

Foster carer made children lick soap as punishment for lying, inquiry told

A woman accused of abusing a foster child has admitted making him lick soap but said she only used the belt as punishment four times before she decided to stop. Avril Campbell and her husband Dennis looked after Christopher Scott between April ...

24 Aug 2022 at 16:27

Scotland

Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry will look into experiences of young offenders

The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry will hold public hearings following an investigation into residential accommodation for young offenders and other children next year. Phase eight of the inquiry will examine residential accommodation provided ...

25 Aug 2022 at 11:57

Councils ‘did not keep up-to-date records of children in foster care’

The true scale of alleged child abuse in local authority foster care may never be revealed due to historic issues with record keeping, the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry heard. Opening submissions from 14 of Scotland’s local authorities were ...

03 May 2022 at 19:25

Child migration a ‘shameful chapter’ in country’s history, inquiry finds

Child migration from Scotland was a “shameful chapter” in the UK’s history which saw children physically, sexually and emotionally abused, an inquiry has found. Children endured the “demolition of their pre-existing selves” when they ...

21 Mar 2023 at 13:28

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 ...

30 Aug 2023 at 17:48

Ministers to apologise in person to abuse victims, inquiry hears

Scottish Government ministers and agencies want to apologise to victims of child abuse within settings they had a responsibility for managing, an inquiry has heard. Hearings for the eighth phase of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry,...

19 Sept 2023 at 15:15

Previous governments failed to halt ‘abusive’ child migration, inquiry finds

UK governments must bear the majority of the blame for failing to halt “abusive” child migration schemes, an inquiry has found. Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry chairwoman Lady Smith has published her second volume of findings on the ...

28 Sept 2023 at 15:18

Ex-boarding school harboured culture of violence and abuse, inquiry finds

A former boarding school which “harboured a culture of violence and emotional abuse” for decades has apologised after an inquiry found children were sexually, physically and emotionally abused there. Some children who boarded at ...

05 Mar 2024 at 16:37

Inquiry told of ‘slopping out’ and children being imprisoned with sex offenders

A man who was sent to young offenders institutions in the early 1970s told an inquiry how he was forced to “slop out” and was held in custody with sex offenders at an adult prison when aged under 16. The witness, known by the ...

09 Nov 2023 at 14:21

Evidence on abuse in young offender institutions ‘harrowing’, inquiry told

Hearing evidence of the historical abuse of children and young people while in the care of the Scottish Prison Service has been “harrowing and distressing”, its boss has told an inquiry. Appearing before the Scottish Child ...

15 Dec 2023 at 12:48

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