Down's syndrome boy cleared of racist attack is refused damages claim

SCOTLAND'S prosecutors have refused to accept liability in the case of a teenager with Down's syndrome who was charged with carrying out a racist attack.

The case of Jamie Bauld provoked a public outcry last year after the youngster, who has a mental age of five, was accused of attacking an Asian girl at a college in Motherwell.

After seven months, the case was dropped and the Bauld family launched...