A HIGH Court judge probing claims of abuse at an orphanage will publish her findings within weeks after hearing a catalogue of horrific allegations.
Lady Smith said she would decide whether they were substantiated on the ‘balance of probabilities’.
This a lower threshold than the stipulation for a charge being proven beyond ‘reasonable doubt’ in criminal courts. The report on Smyllum Park in Lanark is likely to be published by the start of the next phase of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (SCAI), in late April. It emerged at an inquiry hearing in Edinburgh this week that nuns accused of abuse at the home could face prosecution.
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This a lower threshold than the stipulation for a charge being proven beyond ‘reasonable doubt’ in criminal courts. The report on Smyllum Park in Lanark is likely to be published by the start of the next phase of the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry (SCAI), in late April. It emerged at an inquiry hearing in Edinburgh this week that nuns accused of abuse at the home could face prosecution.
https://www.pressreader.com/uk/scottish-daily-mail/20180202/282016147769100