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Mike McQuaid

Scots foster carers blacklisted over false assault claims receive £25k compensation after four-year legal battle

Foster carers blacklisted over false assault claims have reached a settlement of over £25,000 with a local authority after a four-year legal battle.

Diane Boyle and husband Karl were robbed of their livelihoods and forced to sell their home after being removed from the carers’ register by North Lanarkshire Council.

The Sunday Mail revealed their fight for justice in 2018. The couple, from Motherwell, had fostered 67 children over a 17-year period.

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