Article: City fined GBP 3500 for pupil's pool scare

CITY chiefs have been fined GBP 3500 after a six-year-old pupil almost drowned on a school trip to a Lothian beach.

The youngster was discovered floating face-down and unconscious in a paddling pool at East Beach, North Berwick, during the school trip last year.

Edinburgh City Council was fined GBP 3500 at Haddington Sheriff Court after admitting putting children at risk at the East Lothian beach.

Dugald Campbell, a headteacher at the school involved, which can not be named for legal reasons, was also fined GBP 750 when he pleaded guilty to putting children at risk of drowning and not making proper health and safety assessments.

City leaders said today they have reviewed their monitoring ...

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