The Latest Breaking News from Kenneth Norrie

Abuse inquiry ‘initially hampered by unwillingness to acknowledge problem’

James Peoples KC said campaigners calling for the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry to be set up were met with resistance.

The Independent UK · Sep 20, 2023

Scale of child abuse in Scots foster care system may never be known due to ‘poor record keeping’

The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry heard there were very few recorded cases of abuse of young people in foster care because there is no “specific code” within the case management system used to record crimes.

Daily Record · May 3, 2022

Councils ‘did not keep up-to-date records of children in foster care’

The foster care case study of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry began today and heard opening submissions from 14 local authorities in Scotland.

The Independent UK · May 3, 2022