A former pupil of Methodist College Belfast was left “traumatised” after “degrading” videos were recorded of him on a school rugby trip.
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Gabriel McConkey, now 19, has been awarded more than £50,000 in a civil case after the school admitted liability in relation to negligence and failure to supervise.
He was in lower sixth and on a trip to Portugal when it is alleged that older pupils forced him and others to run naked around the resort they were staying in.
Well done to Gabriel McConkey for taking this action, Belfast Methodist College doesn’t sound like much of a ‘top school’ > Former NI schoolboy awarded £52k over 'hazing' on trip https://t.co/15OCPLaFDn via @rte
— Andrew Madden (@andrewmmadden) January 22, 2025
Mr McConkey’s family and solicitor declared the outcome a vindication in taking the case.
His mother, Sian Mawhinney, said: “The child that we sent on a school trip is not the child that returned home to us, either physically or mentally.
“He looked absolutely broken by what happened and what he witnessed.”
That’s terrible. Money can’t reverse the negative experiences this boy has had. Hopefully those experiences won’t have a bad long term impact on his confidence or anything else.
Please it’s a rugby tour , what a wimp he must man up , besides he will not make the 1st team anyway.
Nice one Warren you perverted creep
Spot On!! We are raising a weak and sensitive society. Its a rugby tour, FFS!!!
Rugby Tour or not, one man’s fun and banter is another man’s bullying.Its all well and good saying he must man up and he must be a wimp, but in this day and age that just isn’t right.As for the comment about not making the 1st team, what difference does that make.None at all.
No Warren, it’s not about “manning up”. What was done was cowardly. You have a lot to learn.
Must have a tiny dick. Typical Protestant.
No Warren, it’s not about “manning up”. What was done was cowardly. You have a lot to learn.
52 k for that wtf I was a victim of an assault and was awarded 40 k in damages the insurer never paid out as it was an assault
100s before him went through this and saw it as fun. The new Woke Playstation Generation are a different breed. Funny nobody got sued for tackling to hard, or having some “strong laguange” on the paddock!!
But then, it is the UK/Ireland, where illegal immigrants squatting in givt property, with allowances, have more rights that citizens.
Place is going