The Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry heard Samuel Carr's family was told the staff would foot the bill after he died from a brain haemorrhage. The sister of a boy who died at an orphanage told an inquiry he was buried without a headstone - despite staff promising to pay for one. Anne Marie Carr, who has waived her right to anonymity, lived at Smyllum Park in Lanark between 1960 and 1964 along with her brother Samuel.
In December, the Scottish Child Abuse Inquiry heard the boy died of a brain haemorrhage aged six following an E.coli infection. Anne Marie said the family were told the Catholic -run home would foot the bill for Samuel’s headstone “as a worker was fond of him” but that never happened.
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