A former private school teacher who preyed on Nicky Campbell as a child did physically assault and emotionally abuse boys as young as eight, a sheriff has ruled.
The Crown Office said John Brownlee, now aged 89, "inflicted sadistic cruelty" on those in his care at Edinburgh Academy between 1967 and 1991.
BBC presenter Campbell, who was a student at the fee-paying school between 1966 and 1978, previously described Brownlee as a "sadist" and told a court how he was violently beaten by the teacher in a corridor.
Brownlee slapped, kicked and punched children, leaving some unconscious from his attacks.
He also assaulted the schoolboys with items such as a cricket bat, a snooker cue, a leather strap, and a clacken (wooden paddle).
His victims were aged between eight and 11.
Brownlee was found to be medically unfit to stand trial and the case was heard in front of a sheriff.
Following an examination of the facts at Edinburgh Sheriff Court, which included 42 former pupils giving evidence, Brownlee was found to have committed 31 charges of assault and assault to injury.
He was also found to have committed one charge of cruel and unnatural treatment.
Following the sheriff's ruling on Wednesday, Mr Campbell, 62, posted on X: "We did it."
Brownlee, however, will not face any punishment for what the Crown Office described as his "habitual use of physical force and mental terror".
