07/03/2016 Reporting Scotland

A teenager is found guilty of killing 16-year-old Bailey Gwynne

at a school in Aberdeen, but not guilty of his murder.

Bailey died from a single stab wound to the heart in a fight that started

There are no words that concerned this up for us and it is still hard

There are no words that concerned to make sense of Bailey's death. We

should remember at the heart of this is two children and there is no

greater tragedy than the untimely death of a young person.

Bailey's killer will be sentenced later but BBC Scotland has learnt

that there had been concerns about his violent behaviour

Tonight, it's been announced that there's to be an independent review

A year after combat operations ended in Afghanistan,

we have a special report from Kabul, where Scottish soldiers

And we have reaction to the news that the Old Firm will compete

A 16-year-old boy has been found guilty of killing the teenager

Bailey Gwynne at an Aberdeen school last October.

Bailey died after being stabbed in the chest, following an argument.

The killer, who can't be named for legal reasons,

was not convicted of murder, but was found guilty of the lesser

Our reporter Steven Duff has been following the case,

David, this was an emotional, difficult five-day murder trial.

16-year-old schoolboy killed at the hands of another school pupil in an

Aberdeen school during the lunch break. It took the jury in the High

Court at Aberdeen one hour and 40 minutes to decide it wasn't murder

but the lesser charge of culpable homicide. Bailey Gwynne's family

leave court after the jury's decision that the 16-year-old was

not the victim of murder but instead the lesser charge of culpable

homicide. Do you believe any justice has been done today? Bailey died

after being stabbed by a fellow pupil at Cults Academy in October

last year. The trial heard during the lunch break, Bailey and the

other teenager started arguing and then fighting. The other teenager

then took out a knife and stabbed Bailey in the chest, penetrating his

heart. Despite efforts to save him, Bailey died of a catastrophic loss

of blood. The next day, the teenager was charged with murder. There are

challenges in this kind of investigation, dealing with children

who have witnessed one of their friends dying, basically. And

teachers who have assisted in trying to save Bailey's life. Real

challenges roundabout trying to manage witnesses and making sure we

get the evidence in terms of the investigation that we need. In the

days after the tragedy, hundreds of tributes were left outside the

school gates in memory of Bailey who has been described as a soft, caring

boy. There are no words that can sum this up for us, the emotional impact

of what happened last year. It's still hard to make sense of Bailey.

'S. Death we should remember that at the heart of this, there were two

children and there can be no greater the heart of this, there were two

tragedy than the untimely death of a young person. The trial heard that

the teenager who killed Bailey had been seen in school in the months

the teenager who killed Bailey had leading up to the stabbing by

various people with knives and knuckle-dusters. We also know that

the headteacher at the school, knuckle-dusters. We also know that

several years previously, had to warn the teenager personally about

the danger of carrying knives. Can I ask you why the headteacher warned

the teenager about nine is? We're not taking any question, sorry. --

about knives. Do you have any statistics to see whether there is a

problem in Aberdeen with knives? Despite his conviction and because

of his age, the teenager who killed Bailey Gwynne still can't be legally

identified. He has been held in custody and will be sentenced next

month. In this case has been called a tragedy on many counts. It was

said in court it was two families who had their lives destroyed but

ultimately it is 16-year-old Bailey Gwynne who went to school in the

morning of the 28th of October last year and didn't come home. My

colleague Leona has been looking at the background to this case.

A simple message which said it all, schoolmates at first, shocked and

numbed by the what seems to be a random killing of a gentle teenager

by a fellow pupil. Very nice person. Quite a strong boy, you seemed to be

hitting the gym a lot at. -- he seemed. Very nice, didn't deserve

anything like what happened. seemed. Very nice, didn't deserve

Everyone agreed Bailey was an innocent, quiet lad, so why did his

killer plunge a knife into his heart? The jury heard a fight

started after he refused to hand over his desk it and then evidence

that Bailey's attacker readily had a knife and knuckle-dusters in this

school. What the jewellery couldn't be told was that the killer had

attacked before. -- jewellery couldn't. BBC Scotland have learned

that concerns raised about Bailey's killer was as long ago as a primary

school. In 2007 he attacked another pupil with rocks in this lane and he

ended up in hospital with concussion and there were other concerns about

his behaviour. The injured boy's parents contacted police and school.

In the years that followed, they became increasingly frustrated by

what they saw was a lack of effective action. In documents that

we have seen, those same parents make a chilling prediction. That

their son's attacker would go on to commit a far more serious crime. The

parrots took their fears to this local councillor. She pressed senior

education officials for action. -- the parents. In desperation, she

took her fears to the authority's chief executive. What was done?

Well, I passed it, as I say, two senior staff, who carried out... An

investigation, of sorts. The information was already

as an inquiry by the police, we had to be very careful, as a council,

what we did. From there, it was quite a lengthy...

Time. This went on for a number of years.

The concerns were continually being raised. I kept raising them. In

desperation, the parents turned to the MP.

There was nobody who had sufficient oversight of everything that was

going on. We were trying different things but still a problem. Still an

issue. The couple who approached me were still not satisfied that their

children were going to be safe going to school. But the attack that

happened once wasn't going to happen again.

is not just Aberdeen, it is a big issue about what you do in the

circumstances. Normal mechanisms and protocols being followed simply

aren't working. We asked Aberdeen City Council to respond to

Has been commissioned by the council itself. NHS Grampian and police

Scotland. It will be chaired by an independent expert who will decide

on its remit. They leap's death left a family, school and community

grieving and asking questions -- Bailey's death.

Bailey still be alive had authorities acted more decisively.

The matter needs to be investigated further to ensure that nothing we

could have done, when that original assault took place that would have

stopped what happened at Cults Academy. If nothing else, make sure

we learn any lessons that have won't bring back Bailey, sadly, but

hopefully prevent another An independent investigation

is to be held into the circumstances Lots of questions still to be

answered. happened on the day at Cults

Academy. they have seen the teenager with

knives and knuckle-dusters. We will also hear about problems

there had been earlier. The court did hear about the teenager having a

very difficult family background when he was convicted today, he can

expect a custodial sentence. When he is sentenced at the High Court in

Edinburgh on the 1st of April. You're watching Reporting

Scotland from the BBC. Still to come on

tonight's programme: Going underground, the massive

sewage pipe One of the oldest derbies

in the world is back. But who will have the upper

hand in next months inspiring his daughter to be fast

on the track. Find out who in the

sport, coming soon. Nato combat operations

in Afghanistan ended more than a year ago, but Scots troops

are still on the ground there. Soldiers from 2 Scots Battalion have

been operating in the capital city In the first of two special reports,

Cameron Buttle has been to Kabul This deployment is part of an

operation which is part of Nato's resolute support commission, the

ongoing commitment to train and develop the Afghan security forces.

That means once again, hundreds of Scots troops are back on the ground

in Afghanistan. dynasty 's rules and empires clashed

-- ancient. Now one of the fastest-growing cities in the world

with a population of over 3 million. Edging through its jammed city

streets a unit of two Scots, they hardly blend in the arm of their new

vehicles has already proved worth against a bomb attack a few months

ago, the only one of the tours so far. Thankfully no injuries. In busy

traffic like this, if there was someone out there, it will be harder

for them to get towards us. Less chance of spotting them. At the same

time, less chance of them getting to us. This move through Kaboul part is

not far from where a suicide bomber killed 12, two days before. Any part

of the Afghan government is seen as a legitimate target by insurgents.

Supporting the Afghan security forces is not just about tactics and

Supporting the Afghan security weapons skills it is also about

logistics and administration, the basics like making sure soldiers get

paid. That is what a team of international mentors are doing this

morning outside, Scottish troops are watching their backs the whole time.

He two Scots deployment is classed by the military as Force protection,

they are there for anyone working for the Nato mission. Since combat

operations ended in 2014, the Afghans are in charge of their own

security. Since we had been here we have probably conducted over 5000

missions and we had been targeted in that time as the couple protection

unit twice. The vast majority of incidences that occur and I would

not want to overstate the number, happen against the government of

not want to overstate the number, Afghanistan or the Afghan National

Security forces. They are very much in the lead. We are here to support

the Nato advisors. We get a lot of our protection from the Afghan

national defence and security forces. Around half of the troops

deployed here, this is their first tour of Afghanistan. For those that

have served and fought before in Helmand, the threat level is low and

very different, but it is still very real. And unlikely to change any

time soon. And you can see the second of those

special reports later this week, when we hear from the Scots troops

on their role in the training A coastguard search-and-rescue

helicopter has been carrying out sweeps of the Cairngorms

as part of efforts to find James Robertson left Glasgow a week

ago, to head to the area, and was staying in a mountain bothy

near the Mar Lodge Estate. He's said to be an experienced hill

walker who's completed As mountain rescuers, you always

have one eye on hope. We have to be pragmatic, James has been missing on

the hills for some days, now. Given the remoteness of the to Reigns and

the conditions, we have to be realistic that the chances of anyone

surviving for such a length of time would be very minimal indeed.

Caledonian MacBrayne and Serco have submitted final bids

for the new ?1 billion contract to run Clyde and Hebrides Ferry

State-owned CalMac, which currently operates the services,

and Serco Caledonian Ferries Limited, which operates services

to the northern isles, are the only two companies competing

The contract starts in September, and will run for eight years.

Islanders in Mull and Iona have warned they won't accept plans

by Argyll and Bute Council, to axe local library services.

It's a much loved and familiar sight on Mull's narrow winding roads. But

the island's mobile library is under threat as part of a shake-up of

library services across the region. The council's aim? To save cash.

Once a month? Yes, not like we are asking a lot. But islanders are

determined to put up a fight. Arguing school libraries across

Argyll and Bute are also at risk. It Arguing school libraries across

is a place where children can go and learn, they can go and research and

it is preparing them for life skills. It is about preparing the

youngsters at primary school, for life further on in secondary and

preparing the secondary schools for life on perhaps in higher education.

This is the library, said the teacher. Campaigners argue cuts to

library services are hitting rural communities like this one hardest,

the very places where they matter most. The money they will be saving

really does not outweigh the benefits of having a librarian,

having a mobile library van. It benefits the whole community and it

is a whole community thing. The council has already said it is

committed to providing a wide range of services despite the

unprecedented challenges facing local government but campaigners are

warning the camp cuts will affect the young and old with elderly

people living in isolated areas hit hardest. They are going to miss out

on meeting people that they meet once a month at the library van.

They are going to be more alone without that contact. It is about

more than books. It certainly is, it is about people.

Once it's finished, it'll be over three miles long and wide enough

to drive a double decker bus through.

Scotland's largest sewer is being built underneath the south

It's part of the city's biggest upgrade to the waste water system

Some think is happening deep underground. The beginning of a ?100

million tunnel has started. We are ten metres underneath the south side

of Glasgow, and this is the start of what will be part of Scotland's

largest ever waste water, will also. When it has finished, it will be big

enough for a double-decker bus to drive through and it will be over

three miles long. The sewers of over 100 years old and creaking. This

tunnel is part of a ?250 million plan to prevent flooding and improve

river quality in the city. In 2013 week announced a programme, this is

a major part of it. That will leave us with the biggest storm water

sewer in Scotland, that will help to alleviate flooding in the area and

help to protect water quality of the Clyde and its tributaries as well as

equipping the city for growth. A giant 1000 tonne boring machine will

become tunnelling underneath Glasgow. It will go just over three

miles, ending up near Queens Park. It should take about a year. The

infrastructure secretary said this was the kind of project the

Government are investing in all over was the kind of project the

Scotland. You have seen a substantial project in Ayrshire,

another one here in Glasgow, alleviating flooding for local

people, so we are the positive results, because people there and he

facing a real threat of flooding, it happens here and further on at

Queens Park and Hampton, so people see the benefit as soon as this is

completed. The work on tunnelling will begin in the summer.

One of the best derbies in the world is back,

according to one former Celtic striker after Rangers and Celtic

were drawn together in next month's Scottish Cup semi-finals.

And despite a whole division between the sides, one former

Rangers striker is predicting a win for his old team,

Hampton Park getting a face-lift. Over the next six weeks, all sorts

of groundwork will be laid at the old firm returns. This the stage for

a Scottish football fixture with global resonance. Without being

disrespectful to the rest of the games and the leagues and the

dobbies, this is the one, it is rated as one of the best in the

world, so to have it back on the map again is fantastic for Scottish

football. It needs it. One of the biggest fixtures in world football

is back, one division separates besides, and on the pitch, how big

the golf likely to be? That is stunning! Since Rangers' financial

traumas, the sides have met just once, last year in the League Cup

semifinal, Celtic comfortable winners. The next match is expected

to be closer. I am leaning towards Rangers, they know exactly what they

are doing. If a player comes out, the next one comes in, they know

their job. It is the game that Celtic were looking for. It gives

them the extra edge going into the title run-in. In many ways, a

divisive fixture, but undoubtedly it brings a certain frisson to the

Scottish game. The hype will be unavoidable at the Giants meet once

more. They will draw another line in the sand.

Rangers say they're encouraged by the club's half-yearly operating

losses reducing to just over ?500,000.

The previous year the figure was ?4.6 million!

The chairman, Dave King, has repeated, he wants to sign more

But he admits they still rely on shareholders to fund

the shortfall in what he calls the "current rebuilding phase".

His team may be at the bottom of the Premiership, but that's not

stopped Dundee United's head coach Mixu Paatelainen being voted Manager

The Tangerines, who are eight points adrift at the bottom

of the league, have won three of their last four games,

including this comeback against Ross County to reach

It is a sign that last month we did well. Hopefully, we can carry that

on. It will not be easy, but performances have improved. Results

have improved. That gives us hope. The footballer who holds

the Scottish League record for speed of goals in a game, four in 14

minutes, is inspiring his daughter Frenchman Jerome Vareille

still lives here, after a career But now it's time for his daughter

Olivia to enjoy the limelight You will be on TV! Life in a

competitive sporting family, keeping up with his talented daughter

Olivia, almost. You are too fast! She is only a couple of years into

athletics but is tipped to be a star of the future. This was the under 15

800 metre 2015, I came first. That is a good one, bronze. Not good

enough! What about that one? That is a good one, bronze. Not good

was the best moment of Scottish football. I scored four goals, with

Airdrie against Stenhousemuir. Four goals in 14 minutes. A Scottish

record. Tell me how hard athletes train compared to footballers.

Really? That is what I said to Olivia, if one day I was not at my

best, I could hide, because ten other players could do the job, but

when you are a runner, there is no hiding place. Olivia admits her

father's success makes her compete to be even better. To get to the

Commonwealth Games, I would go for that. It gives me moan -- more

motivation, him being an ex-athlete, pressure. Olivia trains with Falkirk

the Tory Farriers and her coach says her talent compares to the very

best. She is excellent, she has come on leaps and bounds, her talent is

enormous. She would compare with Lynsey Sharp and these people. She

has got the talent. For now, the speed battles continue with her dad.

The signs are Olivia is only getting faster. A bit too fast!

Now, last night much of Scotland was treated to a spectacular display

The effect's also known as the Aurora Borealis.

And it's caused when charged particles from the Sun spill over

Usually, it's only seen in the north of Scotland,

but this time it was visible as far south as Oxford.

These are some of the pictures you've sent in to us,

with the Aurora visible on the Isle of Skye,

in Moray, Perthshire and Aberdeenshire.

And you can see many more on the BBC News website.

Now, just before the weather forecast, here's Andrew Kerr

The lessons that might be learned from the death of baby Quinn, the

former head of the violence reduction unit will be here. And

campaigners want a pledge for parity, why is it still a struggle?

That is at 10:30pm on BBC Two. A gorgeous day across much of the

country, plenty of early spring sunshine on offer. Daily a cloud in

the satellite picture. The snow cover across the North. The clear

sky will translate to a widespread frost. There will be a queue showers

dotted around the coast. Foremost, dry, clear and cold for the first of

the night. We introduced this wet weather, which will fall as snow

over higher ground and for lower ground for a spell. There will be a

widespread risk of ice on untreated surfaces. A yellow Met Office

weather warning for most of the country. We could C-5 in some ruble

part. It will be a cold start, and the risk of ice making for a tricky

morning rush hour, but the main band of rain, sleet and snow will clear

through for the morning, and some improvement for eastern Scotland,

the afternoon, more scope for sunshine, especially the eastern

borders, Fife and Eastern Aberdeenshire. Still some showers

for western parts, a lot of cloud. The winch winners will be confined

to the higher ground, rain at lower levels. The temperatures will not

feel too bad with shelter, but exposed to the wind, it will feel

cold. Tomorrow evening we keep showers going, and more persistent

rain for southern Scotland. We have showers going, and more persistent

got an area of low pressure across England and Wales. The northern

extent will bring some rain and hill snow into southern Scotland

overnight into Wednesday. For Wednesday it self, the showers moved

through pretty quickly. For the bulk of the country, it will be dry and

bright, good sunshine, and a light wind.

Now a reminder of tonight's main news.

A 16-year-old boy has been found guilty of killing the teenager

Bailey Gwynne at an Aberdeen school last October.

Bailey died after being stabbed in the chest following an argument.

I'll be back with the headlines at 8pm and the late bulletin just

Until then, from everyone on the team right across

the country, have a very good evening.