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Posted: **Mon Oct 03, 2005 5:33 am**

Dunblane inquiry documents released Press Association Monday October 3, 2005 8:03 AM Documents relating to the Dunblane massacre nearly ten years ago are being released to the public for the first time. Sixteen children and a teacher at the town's primary school were killed when gunman Thomas Hamilton walked into the gymhall and opened fire on them. Later that same year Lord Cullen held an inquiry into the atrocity. Files from that show that police failed to link three reported incidents involving Hamilton and children prior to the shooting in March 1996. Dr Mick North, whose daughter Sophie was among the victims, is reported to have said that on two occasions between 1988 and 1992 Hamilton was the subject of reports to the procurator fiscal for his behaviour at children's camps. He was reported a third time for photographing young boys in ill-fitting swimming trunks. But after viewing the files, Dr North said that they had convinced him there was no cover-up, although they suggested that police had failed to take proper action. Documents from the Cullen inquiry were originally placed under a 100-year closure order, meaning that the public were not allowed to access them. But Lord Advocate Colin Boyd reviewed that decision and lifted the order. People will now be able to read papers from the hearing at the National Archives of Scotland in Edinburgh. However, some details which would identify individuals have been removed to protect their families. And more sensitive information, including personal profiles, medical reports and port mortem reports, is not being made available. <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/uklatest/story/0,1271,-5317621,00.html">www.guardian.co.uk/uklate...21,00.html</a>