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Bailey Gwynne death: Pupil stabbing death was 'avoidable' | |
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A report into a fatal stabbing at an Aberdeen school has found it was "potentially avoidable" if teachers had been told a pupil was carrying a knife. | |
Bailey Gwynne, 16, was fatally wounded by a fellow pupil during a fight at Cults Academy on 28 October last year. | |
His killer, who cannot be named, was later jailed for nine years after being found guilty of culpable homicide. | His killer, who cannot be named, was later jailed for nine years after being found guilty of culpable homicide. |
The report said the Scottish government should consider legal changes to give teachers more power to search pupils. | |
The report said it was "an unplanned, spontaneous conflict that emerged rapidly out of an unexceptional banter". | |
The trial into the 16-year-old's death heard this involved an argument over a biscuit. | |
Follow live coverage of the Bailey Gwynne media conference | |
The report adds: "The course of the conflict was fatally altered by the possession of a bladed weapon by one of the boys." | |
The inquiry into issues raised by the tragedy was led by Andrew Lowe, chairman of child and adult protection for Renfrewshire. | |
Mr Lowe's report made a number of recommendations including amending the law in relation to searching pupils and further legislative controls on the purchase of weapons online. | |
Amend the law | |
The full report has not been released due to legal and data protection reasons. | |
It is claimed the document contains a sensitive, confidential and legally restricted information. | |
The review has looked at the relationship between Bailey and his killer, as well as the educational, pastoral, health and social care services provided. | The review has looked at the relationship between Bailey and his killer, as well as the educational, pastoral, health and social care services provided. |
It was commissioned by Aberdeen City Council, Police Scotland and NHS Grampian after the schoolboy was fatally stabbed in a fight. | |
The report was originally due to be published last month but was put back. | |
Aberdeen City Council employed the services of PR consultancy Morrison Media Strategies to handle the release of the report. | |
In March, BBC Scotland revealed that concerns about the killer were voiced nine years ago when, as a primary pupil, he threw rocks at another child. | |
The incident resulted in the victim being treated for concussion. | The incident resulted in the victim being treated for concussion. |
The report said that incident "had marginal significance in relation to later events". | |
It said it did not reveal a violent child but a child "under very significant and continual pressure from his brother". |