A victim of abuse at a children's home in the 1960s won £75,000 damages yesterday, the first award of its kind to be made by a judge in Scotland.
The man, referred to as J, now 54, had sought £175,000, and Lord Menzies agreed that the physical and sexual abuse he had suffered could be described as torture.
However, the judge said he had to take into account that J had managed to build a remarkably successful life, and the consequences of the abuse had been less catastrophic than they might have been.
Source: Scotsman