61-year-old says what he saw and experienced at Edinburgh Academy has ‘stayed with me all my life’
The BBC presenter Nicky Campbell has claimed he was the victim of abuse at a Scottish private school in the 1970s.
During the episode he discusses his experiences with journalist Alex Renton, the creator of the radio programme In Dark Corners, which explores abuse at Britain’s private schools. Campbell also discussed witnessing more serious sexual abuse, allegedly enacted on his schoolmates at the hands of another man at the institution.
It was also revealed to Campbell by Renton that the alleged abuser is still alive but has not been named for legal reasons.
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