07/03/2016 Reporting Scotland

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 after an argument.

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

was not convicted of murder, but was found guilty of

the lesser charge of culpable homicide.

Bailey Gwynne's family leave court after the jury's decisions that the

16-year-old was not the victim of murder, but instead the lesser

charge of culpable homicide. Do you believe that any justice has been

done today? Bailey died after being stabbed by a fellow pupil in October

last year. The trial had heard that 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, it Bailey died

of a catastrophic loss of blood. The next day, the teenager was charged

with murder. There are challenges when you are dealing with children

who have witnessed one of their friends dying. And teachers who have

assisted in trying to save Bailey's life. So real challenge is trying to

manage witnesses and making sure we get the evidence we need, in terms

of the investigation. In the days afterwards, hundreds of tributes

were left outside the school gate in afterwards, hundreds of tributes

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 and it is so hard to make sense of Bailey's

death. We should remember that, at the heart of this, where two

children. And there can be no greater tragedy than the untimely

death of a young person. The trial heard that the teenager who had

killed Bailey had been seen in school in the months leading up to

it with knives and knuckle-dusters. We also know the headteacher several

years previously had had to warn the teenager personally about the danger

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

teenager about knives? We are not taking any questions. Are you aware

of what the state of knives in Aberdeen scores is? Do you have any

statistics? -- Aberdeen schools. Despite his conviction and because

of his age, the teenager who killed Bailey Gwynne still cannot be

legally identified. He is being held in custody and will be sentenced

next month. It's emerged that Bailey Gwynne's

killer had attacked before. Parents of a boy he injured had

warned the authorities that he would go on to commit

a far more serious crime. Schoolmates at first shocked

and numbed by what seemed to be the random killing of a gentle

teenager by a fellow pupil. And he was quite a strong boy,

so he'd be hitting the gym a lot. He didn't deserve anything

like what happened. And everyone agreed Bailey

was an innocent, quiet lad. So why did a killer plunge

a knife into his heart? The jury heard that a fight started

after he refused to hand And evidence that Bailey's attacker

regularly had a knife What the jury couldn't be

told was that the killer BBC Scotland has learned that

concerns were raised repeatedly about Bailey's killer as long

ago as primary school. In 2007, he attacked another people

with rocks in this lane. The victim ended up

in hospital with concussion. There were other concerns

about his behaviour. The injured boy's parents contacted

police and the school. In the years that followed,

they became increasingly frustrated by what they saw as a lack

of effective action. In documents that we have seen,

those same parents make That their son's attacker

would go on to commit a far The parents took their fears

to this local councillor. She pressed senior education

officials for action. In desperation, she took her fears

to the authority's Chief Executive. Well, I passed it to senior

staff, who carried out... And the information was already

underway as an inquiry by the police, so we had to be very

careful, as a council. And then, from there,

it was quite a lengthy time. And the concerns were continually

being raised and I kept raising them In desperation, the parents turned

to their MP for help, frustrated by an apparent

lack of firm action. There was nobody that had sufficient

oversight of everything that was going on that

could actually say, hold on, we are trying all these

different things. But actually there is

still a problem here. The couple who had approached me

still weren't satisfied that their children were going to be

safe going to school. That the attack that had happened

once wasn't going to happen again. And I think that, and this is a much

bigger issue, this is not just this is not just about Aberdeen

or this particular incident, issue about what you do

in the circumstances, where the normal mechanisms

and normal protocols that have been We asked Aberdeen City Council

to respond to these allegations. In a statement, the authority

announced an independent review that It has been commissioned

by the council itself, And it will be chaired

by an independent expert, Bailey's death left a family, school

and community grieving. And asking questions. And some are now asking,

would he still be alive if authorities had acted more

decisively? The matter needs to be investigated further. Just to ensure

there is nothing we could have done, when that original assault took

place, that would have stopped what when that original assault took

happened. If nothing else, make sure we learn any lessons that have to be

learned. It won't bring back Bailey, sadly, but hopefully it will prevent

another Bailey in the future. Nato combat operations

in Afghanistan ended more than a year ago, but Scots

troops are serving still 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 that is part of Nato's This deployment is part of an

positive support mission. It is to train and develop Afghan security

forces. That means that, once again, hundreds of Scots troops are back on

the ground and Afghanistan. -- in Afghanistan.

The ancient city of Kabul, where dynasties ruled

Now one of the fastest-growing cities in the world,

Edging through its jammed city streets, a unit of 2 Scots.

They hardly blend in, but the armour of their new vehicles

has already proved its worth against a bomb attack

The only one of the tour so far. Thankfully, no injuries.

In busy traffic like this, if there was someone out there,

then it's going to be harder for them to get towards us.

So, yeah, it means there's less chance of spotting them,

but, at the same time, less chance of them getting to us.

This move through Kabul passes not far from where a suicide bomber

Any part of the Afghan government is perceived as a

Supporting the Afghan security forces is not just about

It's also about logistics and administration.

Basics, like making sure soldiers get paid.

And that's what a team of international mentors is doing

And, outside, Scottish troops are watching

The 2 Scots deployment is classed by the military as force protection,

there for anyone working for the Nato mission.

Since combat operations ended in 2014, the Afghans are in charge

Since we've been here, we've conducted probably

And we have been targeted in that time,

The vast majority of incidents that do occur, and we wouldn't

want to overstate the number that occur, happen against the government

of Afghanistan or the Afghan National Security forces.

They are very much in the lead and we are here to support

And we get a lot of our protection from the Afghan national defence

For around half of the troops deployed here, this was their

For those that have served and fought before in Helmand,

the threat level is lower and very different.

But it is still very real and unlikely to change

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 hillwalker, who's completed

As mountain rescuers, you always have one eye on hope. I think we

have to be pragmatic. He has been missing for some days now and, given

the terrain and weather conditions we have experienced since we know

he's been missing, we hold hope, but we have to be realistic that the

chance of anyone surviving in such conditions will be minimal.

Caledonian MacBrayne and Serco have submitted final bids

for the new ?1 billion contract to run

State-owned CalMac, which currently operates the services,

and Serco, which operates services to the Northern Isles,

are the only two companies competing for the work.

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

Time now for the latest weather forecast.

Good evening. It will be another cold night tonight. Especially for

more eastern areas. Tonight, there is another chance we could catch the

Northern Lights. But the specially for more than northern parts of

Scotland. Further south, perhaps less likely than it was last night.

We do still have clear skies further towards the east. Another weather

front pushing in from the West. Fishing in rain and snow for the

hills. The risk of icy stretches, temperatures below freezing. The Met

office has issued a yellow beer were weather warning for the risk of this

ice first thing tomorrow morning. -- a yellow we were weather warning.

For Aberdeenshire, we could go down to minus five Celsius. A cold start

for tomorrow, the rain, sleet and snow band will go eastwards. It will

be a tricky commute by the morning. Showery outbreaks of rain here.

Temperatures three to 5 degrees. The wind strongest for Western and

northern coasts. Through the day, we will see that rain band going

further eastwards. Across the UK, a much cloudier picture than the one

day we had today. Temperatures around six to 9 degrees. As we go

through the night, further wintry showers pushing in. Some outbreaks

of showery rain and all of this is associated with an area of low

pressure. It's a developing area of low pressure. Uncertainty over its

position and where we will see the worst of the rain. It looks like it

will be southern parts of the UK. Full Scotland for Wednesday, a

cloudy start, but improving. Lots of sunshine in store for more western

areas and temperatures around six to 9 degrees.

Our next update is during Breakfast at 6:25am tomorrow morning.

But, from everyone on the late team here in Glasgow