I’M STILL HAUNTED BY PAEDO TEACHER 50 YEARS ON

Presenter’s quest for justice for schoolboy victims of sexual abuse

TV presenter Nicky Campbell has told how he witnessed school pals being abused by a perverted teacher.

Now the Scot, 61, is fighting for justice by revealing his harrowing experience at an Edinburgh private school. 

AS a 10-year-old, Nicky Campbell witnessed his schoolmates in Edinburgh being sexually abused and today breaks his silence in the hope of finally getting justice.

In a new episode of his Different podcast, released today on BBC Sounds, he also speaks to journalist Alex Renton about the endemic abuse in Britain's public schools.

Here, TV and radio presenter Nicky tells his story...

It's a biting cold Edinburgh afternoon in 1971, already dark at 4pm.

As we file in from rugby, the changing room - its floors as freezing as our legs - is chattering with the sound of 10-year-old boys.

Some of us are already showering, the warm water thawing us out a bit and the smell of carbolic soap sternly reminding us where we are.

I'm trailing behind, banging the mud off my studs.

It's gloomy in here, so I don't at first notice but as I reach my peg, I see a man leaning over my friend.

My friend is laughing but I know from the fear in it that it's not a good laugh. The man is leering and smirking. We are all giggling but what else can we do? It's that primal point when laughter becomes fear but carries on in spite of itself. The teacher has both hands on my friend's penis and is masturbating him.

When we walk to the bus stop we don't even talk about it and we'd never tell. With that teacher - one of the many who also did sport stuff like that just happens, he's known for it among the boys here.