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Scots presenter Nicky Campbell breaks silence on sexual abuse of pals at Edinburgh private school

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As a 10-year-old, Nicky Campbell witnessed his schoolmates in Edinburgh being sexually abused and today breaks his silence in the hope of finally getting justice.

In a new episode of his Different podcast, released today on BBC Sounds, he also speaks to journalist Alex Renton about the endemic abuse in Britain’s public schools.

Here, TV and radio presenter Nicky tells his story...It’s a biting cold Edinburgh afternoon in 1971, already dark at 4pm. As we file in from rugby, the changing room – its floors as freezing as our legs – is chattering with the sound of 10-year-old boys.Some of us are already showering, the warm water thawing us out a bit and the smell of carbolic soap sternly reminding us where we are.

I’m trailing behind, banging the mud off my studs. It’s gloomy in here, so I don’t at first notice but as I reach my peg, I see a man leaning over my friend.My friend is laughing but I know from the fear in it that it’s not a good laugh.

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