A former pupil who was abused at one of Scotland's top private schools has been awarded £450,000 in damages.

The man, now in his 50s, was abused by a teacher at Fettes College in Edinburgh.

He was awarded the damages on Friday and the prestigious school issued a “full and unreserved apology to anyone who suffered abuse” at the school.

The amount paid out to him is thought to be the largest such award from the school to a victim in Scotland.

He has joined calls, including from broadcaster Nicky Campbell, to extradite a man known only as Edgar from South Africa to Scotland after claims that he abused children at the £40,000-a-year boarding school and also at Edinburgh Academy.

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