Disabled Scots teen 'stabbed with pencil and had head bashed off walls' by callous bullies
dailyrecord.co.ukThe mum of a disabled teenager has slammed cruel bullies after her son was "stabbed with a pencil" and "spat on" at school. The 14-year-old has been suffering the abuse at Irvine Royal Academy in Ayrshire over the past two years.
As part of the Record's Our Kids ... Our Future campaign, the teen's mum has lifted the lid on the misery her son has endured and claims thugs have been targeting him due to his hearing impairment.The 14-year-old, who wishes to remain anonymous amid fears he will be targeted again, "enjoyed" school until he fitted with a hearing aid in August 2021.
Since then, he has been taunted over the device with his head "repeatedly bashed off windows and walls". One one occasion, it is claimed the pupil was "stabbed" with a pencil during class.The teenager's 33-year-old mum, from Irvine, told the Record: "Everything was fine for the first couple of weeks in school, he loved it.
As soon as he got his hearing aid, everything changed and since then, it has been non-stop. It started as name-calling and cruel taunts about the device and because it went unchecked, it spiralled into aggression."He's had his head bashed against walls and windows, coins thrown at him and food pelted at him as he walked through the changing room doors for P.E.
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