A man who said he was physically and sexually abused by his fellow pupils at a boarding school in East Lothian has agreed a six-figure sum in damages.
Angus Bell, 44, claimed students were "set on fire, beaten with cricket bats and strangled" in a "madhouse" of violence and psychological abuse at Loretto School in Musselburgh during the 1990s.
A civil trial, thought to be the first to involve pupil-on-pupil abuse, was due to begin at the Court of Session in Edinburgh on 12 June, but the school opted to settle out of court.
The school's head teacher said Mr Bell's experience had "not been congruent" of other pupils' during the same period.
Mr Bell, who now lives in Canada, was thought to be the first person to sue the school over allegations of historical abuse when the action was brought in November 2023.
He alleged teachers were aware of the violence and sexual abuse perpetrated by older pupils but did not intervene to stop it and took steps to cover it up.
Police Scotland said an investigation into abuse at the school was ongoing.
