A teenager will appear in court today charged with the murder of north-east schoolboy Bailey Gwynne.
The 16-year-old, who can not be named for legal reasons, will make his first public appearance at the High Court in Glasgow accused of stabbing the Cults Academy pupil to death.
It is expected youth will be taken to the court from Polmont Young Offenders Institution for the preliminary hearing.
He will then be given the opportunity to enter a plea to the three charges he faces.
If prosecutors do not accept these, a trial date will then be set.
The teenager is accused of murdering Bailey at Cults Academy in Aberdeen on October 28 last year by striking him on the body with a knife.
He is also charged with being in possession of a “bladed” weapon and an “offensive weapon” while on the grounds of a school.
The youth has already made two appearances in private on petition at Aberdeen Sheriff Court.
He made no plea to the charges against him and has been remanded in custody since.
Following his last court appearance, the youth made a bid to be freed on bail while he awaited trial. However, his application was rejected.
Despite his appearance today in an adult court, new Scottish Government legislation forbids the press from naming or identifying an accused person aged under 18.
The new law came into place in September – one month before Bailey was killed.
Following an incident at the school, which took place during lunch hour, Bailey was taken to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary.
Despite desperate efforts by teachers, paramedics and hospital staff to save him, the 16-year-old died in hospital two hours later.
His death certificate revealed the fifth-year pupil had suffered a “penetrating sharp force injury to his chest”.
Cults Academy was closed for two days after the incident as police carried out investigations.
After the pupils returned, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon visited Aberdeen’s town house to discuss the tragedy and the local response to it.
Following the meeting Ms Sturgeon announced she was refusing to rule out the introduction of metal detectors at Scotland’s schools.
However, she insisted she did not want children and staff “surrounded by security”.
Hundreds of mourners packed into the tiny Maryculter Parish Church to say their final goodbyes to Bailey the following month.
The teenager lived with his mother Kate Gwynne, her partner John Henderson and his four younger brothers.