Broadcaster Nicky Campbell has joined other ex-pupils of Edinburgh Academy in demanding police arrest a former teacher accused of brutally assaulting them. Campbell and his friends, who are at the heart of the allegations against John Brownlee, now 88, say they were told by police last week they now had evidence from around 80 alleged victims.
The men, in their 50s and 60s, have revealed an astonishing catalogue of sadistic abuse they say was carried out by Brownlee, who taught at the elite private school for 31 years, rising to be deputy head while terrifying his pupils.
Brownlee, who was a housemaster for many years with responsibility for boys who boarded, is the subject of an ongoing police investigation but his victims want him charged before it’s too late. But Police Scotland has told them it wants more time to investigate.
