A SCHOOL attended by a 16-year-old girl who committed suicide after being bullied by two female classmates is at the centre of fresh bullying allegations.
Police have taken action after a first-year pupil at the Nicolson Institute in Stornoway was allegedly beaten up and flung into the path of a car by fellow pupils.
The claims follow the conviction of two teenage girls, who ''viciously and ferociously attacked'' pupil Katherine Jane Morrison in December last year. The teenager later took her own life.
Lee Anne Murray, 16, and Michelle McBratney, 17, were ordered to be detained for three months last week by a sheriff after being told that their bullying was ''cowardly and contemptible''. McBratney was later freed pending an appeal against sentence.
The latest allegations were made by the mother of the first-year boy, who said her son had been attacked twice by a gang.
In the second incident, on June 4, the woman said her 12-year-old son was hurled against the window of a school bus with such force that he crashed through the glass and was left dangling out of the vehicle. ''These and other incidents have left us feeling very frightened,'' said the woman, from the Uig area of Stornoway.
''We have to examine him for fresh injuries every day when he gets home.''
Mr Neil Galbraith, director of education with the Western Isles Council, said he was aware of the latest allegations involving the unnamed boy.
He also confirmed that someone had been charged in connection with the incident. ''We can say nothing about them at the moment,'' he added.
The fresh allegations have led to calls from some parents for the resignation of the school's rector, Mr Donald Macdonald.
Mr Macdonald is reported to have said two councillors who suggested there was complacency about bullying at the 1000-pupil school were ''in a position of ill-will and ignorance''.
One parent of a bullying victim, Stephen Branley, of Shawbost, said: ''If he cannot face up to his responsibilities, he ought to resign and hand over the reins to someone who does appreciate the extent of the problem.''
After the trial of Murray and McBratney, Mr Macdonald wrote to parents reassuring them that there was no bullying problem in the school.
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