‘Horrendous’: Nicky Campbell tells inquiry of abuse at Edinburgh Academy

Broadcaster tells Scottish child abuse inquiry he is ‘haunted’ by memories of assaults at private school

The broadcaster Nicky Campbell has described a culture of anticipated violence, normalised sexual assault and relentless physical abuse at Edinburgh Academy during two hours of searing and emotional testimony to the Scottish child abuse inquiry.

Coming close to tears on a number of occasions, Campbell, now 62, who was a day pupil at the prestigious private school from the ages of five to 17, told the inquiry of the “horrendous knock-on effect” on his life of the abuses he experienced and witnessed happening to other children.

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