Claims extracted
23
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
4%
1 of 23 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
68/100
BBC News's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
3
Crime & Law
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
- Published
Broadcaster Nicky Campbell has told a court a maths teacher "completely lost it" and violently attacked him in the courtyard of Edinburgh Academy when he was a pupil there in the 1970s.
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he → publish → 1970s
The 65-year-old said he was around 15 when he was initially "yanked from behind" by Colin Turner beside a school noticeboard when he was running late for class.
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he → say → class
Campbell said he was then "rag dolled" by the teacher and described being shaken, slapped and dragged across the playground.
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he → say → playground
He was giving evidence during an examination of facts hearing held at Edinburgh Sheriff Court.
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He → give → Court
Turner and David Bourne, another former teacher, are accused of attacking pupils at the prestigious fee-paying school but have been deemed medically unfit to stand trial.
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Turner → accuse → trial
A sheriff will instead hear evidence in the case and determine whether there are grounds for a conviction.
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sheriff → hear → conviction
Campbell was a pupil at Edinburgh Academy between 1966 and 1978, from when he was aged five until he was 17.
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he → age → 1966
The BBC Radio 5 Live presenter told the court he was a "skinny teenage pupil" when he was attacked by Turner - who he said was a "physically imposing" man.
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he → tell → Turner
Prior to the incident, he said that he and another pupil were looking at a timetable on a noticeboard after the lunchtime break, trying to find out where they should be.
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they → say → break
He said there were a few stragglers in the playground but most pupils had gone to class.
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pupils → say → class
Campbell told the court he was "yanked from behind", adding: "I didn't know what was going on, didn't know who it was until I turned around and he [Turner] started hitting me.
"
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Turner → tell → me
He shook me around and started slapping me.
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He → shake → me
He utterly lost it.
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He → lose → it
Teacher 'dealt with'
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Teacher → deal → ?
Campbell said immediately after the incident it was as if "the red mist lifted" and he and Turner went into a nearby common room and sat down at a table.
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he → say → table
He told the court he was still sobbing.
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he → tell → court
The presenter said he told the teacher "I could call the police on you for that" and that the teacher appeared "chastened."
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teacher → say → that
Campbell said he went home with a torn shirt.
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he → say → shirt
He told the court his mother saw he was "distraught" and called the school.
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he → tell → school
Following this, he said there was "correspondence" and that he remembered his mother later saying that Turner had been "dealt with".
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Turner → follow → this
Later in his evidence, Campbell told the court that he saw his Edinburgh Academy pupil file for the first time three or four weeks ago.
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pupil → tell → time
Asked if there was any record of this incident in it, he replied: "No, it was ridiculously scant."
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it → ask → it
Campbell will continue giving evidence on Thursday.
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Campbell → continue → Thursday
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