Mother’s tears as she tells inquiry of son’s abuse at school for deaf children

Lady Smith chairs the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (Nick Mailer/PA) - (PA Media)

A mother broke down in tears as she told an inquiry her severely disabled son suffered assaults, mistreatment and sexual abuse at a school for deaf children.

Giving evidence to the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry under the name Mary, the woman said her son was abandoned by the side of the road after being put out of a minibus on a trip from Donaldson’s School for the Deaf.