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| Bailey Gwynne death: Pupil stabbing death was 'avoidable' | 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 carried weapons. | |
| Bailey Gwynne, 16, was fatally wounded by a fellow pupil during a fight at Cults Academy on 28 October last year. | 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 the Scottish government should consider legal changes to give teachers more power to search pupils. |
| Justice Secretary Michael Matheson said the Scottish government would consider the findings and report back in due course. | |
| The report said it was "an unplanned, spontaneous conflict that emerged rapidly out of an unexceptional banter". | 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. | 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 | 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. | |
| "This was potentially predictable and avoidable if those who knew Child A carried weapons in school had reported this to staff." | |
| Amend the law | Amend the law |
| The inquiry into issues raised by the tragedy was led by Andrew Lowe, chairman of child and adult protection for Renfrewshire. | |
| Mr Lowe was asked why it appeared that some pupils at Cults Academy felt they could not report that Bailey Gwynne's killer had taken in weapons. | |
| He said: "I don't know whether they didn't feel able or whether they didn't feel it necessary. | |
| "This wasn't a boy who they perceived to be violent or conducting in risky behaviour. He was quite a quiet boy and his motivation for carrying weapons I think was understood by some of these boys as just a form of bravado." | |
| Mr Lowe's report makes 21 recommendations, including amending the law in relation to searching pupils, and further legislative controls on the purchase of weapons online. | |
| He also said school parents should be sent a letter setting out school rules about weapons, which should be signed and returned. | |
| Mr Lowe said Police Scotland should be notified of every incident of weapon possession, and risk assessments carried out on anyone known or suspected to have carried weapons. | |
| 'Remarkable dignity' | |
| Mr Lowe met the family of Bailey Gwynne to talk through report and said they displayed "remarkable dignity". | |
| The full report has not been released due to legal and data protection reasons. | The full report has not been released due to legal and data protection reasons. |
| It is claimed the document contains 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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". | 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". | It said it did not reveal a violent child but a child "under very significant and continual pressure from his brother". |