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Fettes College could be prosecuted for negligence

Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain is considering a potential corporate prosecution of Fettes College following findings from the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry. The inquiry concluded the school repeatedly failed to act on complaints of sexual, physical and emotional abuse spanning the 1950s to the 1980s. Survivors have met prosecutors to discuss possible negligence charges against the institution as a whole. If pursued, it could become a test case for holding schools corporately accountable for historic abuse. A source close to the discussions said: "Consideration is being given to a prosecution of the school as a whole, as a corporate entity, on grounds of negligence."

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