The teenager who stabbed and killed Aberdeen school pupil Bailey Gwynne refused to be interviewed for the inquiry looking into the incident.
Andrew Lowe’s report into the death was published yesterday and concluded that the tragedy could have been avoided if teachers had been told Bailey’s killer was regularly armed.
The 16-year-old was fatally stabbed by a fellow pupil at Aberdeen’s Cults Academy during a fight in a corridor. The other youth was convicted of culpable homicide.
Mr Lowe also recommended that teachers should be given the right to search pupils without consent to prevent a repeat of the Bailey Gwynne tragedy.
It emerged yesterday that after his death there have been at least 15 further weapons incidents in Aberdeen schools.
Mr Lowe’s report ran to a full 17,000-words and included more than 40 interviews.
It was revealed today that the killer – who can not be named for legal reasons – was not one of them.
Mr Lowe said the teenager was asked to take part in the inquiry but declined.
He said that he wrote to him and asked for an interview. He added that the former school pupil had a right to decline an interview and he respected that.
Bailey Gywnne’s killer refused to be interviewed for inquiry
