‘Is he a forgotten victim?’: Calls for probe into death of teenager at St Ninian’s School amid abuse fears

SCOTLAND
Daily Record

19 OCT 2016
BY JAMES MONCUR

THE 14-year-old’s death was blamed on boxing match injuries – but schoolmates claim he could be a victim of violence at the notorious Christian Brothers home.

POLICE are being urged to launch a new probe into the death of a teenager at a notorious care home.

Alexander Harvey died at St Ninian’s School, in Fife, in 1960. His death was blamed on injuries he had received in a boxing match.

The 14-year-old’s death was never fully investigated but rumours have circulated in the village of Falkland that Alexander may have been the victim of abuse.

Schoolmates claim he could be a “forgotten victim” of violence at the Christian Brothers home, which has been at the centre of a historic scandal.

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