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Appellant: G Jackson QC, S Collins Solicitor advocate; Capital Defence Lawyers, Edinburgh
The offence and the conviction [1] The appellant was born on 8 February 1991. He lived in Dunblane, where he attended the primary local school. In 1996, as a five‑year‑old schoolboy, he survived the Dunblane massacre, during which a gunman broke into the school and fired indiscriminately at teachers and pupils, killing many and wounding others. The appellant was shot and wounded.
[2] Throughout his youth, the appellant was a continuing source of worry to his mother. As is noted in the risk assessment report referred to below, at page 6:
"His mother is a teacher and throughout his life she has tried to be caring and supportive, and has been keen to try to get him help. However it is clear their relationship has been strained from his pre-school years, due to his behavioural difficulties."
[3] In 2008, the appellant was convicted of theft by housebreaking. In 2009, he was convicted of breach of the peace. By then he was in employment. He was living in his own flat in Dunblane, as his mother and step‑father had asked him to leave their home (see page 3 of the psychiatric report by Dr Melanie Baker dated 29 June 2011). He had never had a girlfriend or a partner of either sex (the same report, page 3).
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