IT was just another day for teenager Euan Craig as he set off for school having said goodbye to his parents.
Rosshall Academy and its 1100 pupils were left in shock by the news with students offered counselling. The 14-year-old then appeared at the High Court in Glasgow in October that year where his plea to a charge of culpable homicide was accepted. The prosecutor, advocate depute John Scullion, said both teenagers were third year pupils at Rosshall but not friends.At 10.55am, they went to the changing rooms with other pupils where they changed into gym clothes.He picked up the ball and threw it at a friend.Mr Scullion told the court that Euan and his pals had been “messing around and having fun”.Euan apologised saying he had meant the sponge shot to hit his friend.
He added: “He cannot remember acting in such a way before. This was an event that is entirely out of character. “He came from a close-knit family and was plainly the apple of the eye of each of his father and mother. He was close to his sister.