PE areas not revamped due to cash shortage

The headteacher of Liberton High School said plans to demolish a changing room wall before it collapsed and killed a pupil were shelved due to a lack of funds, an inquiry has heard.

It comes as school head Stephen Kelly yesterday gave evidence at a Fatal Accident Inquiry into the death of schoolgirl Keane Wallis-bennett, who died when a PE block wall fell on her in April 2014.

Mr Kelly told Edinburgh Sheriff Court that the changing rooms in which the 12-year-old died had been earmarked for refurbishment prior to her tragic death.

The inquiry heard a number of potential redecoration jobs had been drawn up by the school after it was allocated a share of council cash designed to be used for minor works across 108 schools.