Independent inquiry into abuse at Kerelaw residential school and secure unit

Glasgow City Council reported in 2007 that there were between 350 and 400 allegations from 159 people complaining of emotional, physical or sexual abuse. Two staff were convicted of physical and sexual abuse, and one of physical abuse, as a result of police investigations. A further case of alleged sexual abuse was not proven. It was not the role of the Inquiry to examine individual allegations of abuse, nor to re-run investigations into whether abuse occurred at Kerelaw. However, to fulfil our remit, it was important to understand the range of allegations made and the nature and scale of abuse.