John Brownlee, deputy head at private Edinburgh Academy, inflicted pain on children as young as eight, sheriff hears
Beatings, humiliation and a loss of self-worth: how Edinburgh Academy victims were scarred
A “sadistic” deputy headteacher at one of Scotland’s most prestigious private schools has been found to have conducted a systematic campaign of violence and torture against children as young as eight over a 20-year period.
John Brownlee was found by a sheriff on Wednesday to have committed more than 30 assaults after the former Edinburgh Academy housemaster was formally excused from trial due to his advanced dementia.