Staff at a West Lothian secondary school had to call police following “significant abuse and intimidation” by trolls – some as far as 300 miles away – in the days after the tragic death of a 14-year-old pupil.
Following the death of Hamdan Aslam at St Kentigern’s Academy, in Blackburn, the Local Democracy Reporting Service has learned that officers from Police Scotland had to attend after a deluge of threats to the school whilst the investigation was ongoing.