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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 arrived at ...

21 Mar 2023 at 13:28

Violence was allowed to prevail at military boarding school, inquiry concludes

Pupils attending a military boarding school decades ago were subjected to “dreadful abuse” in an environment where “violence was allowed to prevail”, the chairwoman of an inquiry has found. Lady Smith, who chairs the Scottish Child Abuse ...

22 Oct 2024 at 16:20

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

Scotland

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 ...

10 Aug 2022 at 17:32

Child abuse inquiry calls for witnesses ahead of hospital residential care phase

The child abuse inquiry has called on people with experience of under-18s residential care in Scottish hospitals to “get in touch” ahead of the next phase of the investigation. The ninth phase of the Scottish Child Abuse ...

29 Aug 2024 at 14:54

Scotland

Swinney says Government unable to intervene in who chairs child abuse inquiry

The Government has “no locus” to intervene in who chairs the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry, John Swinney has said after a group of survivors called for Lady Smith to step down. In a letter to the First Minister, 28 ...

27 Nov 2024 at 13:08

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 ...

28 Sept 2023 at 15:18

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 ...

15 Dec 2023 at 12:48

Ninth phase of Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry to open next spring

The ninth phase of hearings in the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (SCAI) is set to open in the spring with an investigation of residential care for children and young people with long-term health needs. The ...

18 Dec 2024 at 15:49

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 ...

09 Nov 2023 at 14:21

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 ...

19 Sept 2023 at 15:15

Abuse inquiry chair appeals for help investigating schools for deaf children

The chair of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (SCAI) has appealed for help in its investigation of two residential schools for deaf children. Lady Smith said she wants to contact people who were ...

08 Jul 2024 at 11:01

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 ...

24 Aug 2022 at 16:27

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