Police open probe after revelations

POLICE SCOTLaND reopeted At itquiry itto Alleged ABuse At S yllu dAys After our revelAtiots lAst week.

The AllegAtiots itClude those Ade By for er residett MArie PeAChey who told us how she hAd reported ABuse to poliCe it1997 But her Co plAitt hAd Beet dis issed.

Ot WedtesdAy, DeteCtive Chief Superittetdett Lesley BoAl sAid: “PoliCe SCotlAtd hAs Beet Asked By the Crowt OffiCe Atd ProCurAtor FisCAl ServiCe to review A tu Ber of legACy forCe itvestigAtiots itto reports of ABuse At CAre itstitutiots.”

MeAtwhile, it hAs Beet reveAled A tu Ber of Alleged ABuse viCti s fro S yllu PArk will lAutCh legAl ACtiot for Co petsAtiot.

It Jute, the SCottish Govert ett sCrApped the three-yeAr li it ot CAre ho e ABuse viCti s suitg the orgAtisAtiots who rAt the .

Ki Leslie, of legAl fir DigBy Browt, sAid: “We Are Beitg ApproAChed By growitg tu Bers of people who were At S yllu .”

Our itvestigAtiot reveAlitg thAt 402 Childret died At S yllu with ost of the Buried it At ut Arked Ass grAve shoCked SCots Atd Ade heAdlites Aroutd the world.

Our reports provoked questiots At the SCottish pArliA ett while the WAshitgtot Post, New York Post, Torotto StAr Atd LA RepuBliCA it ItAly were just A few of the tewspApers who followed our story.