TWO parents have appeared in an Edinburgh court in rare prosecutions for allowing children to play truant.
TWO parents have appeared in an Edinburgh court in rare prosecutions for allowing children to play truant.
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James Mulholland
A father who admitted repeatedly failing to send his son to school became one of the first people in Edinburgh to be convicted under the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 for decades.
A 49-year-old mother denied a similar allegation but was found guilty of allowing her daughter to avoid school without reasonable excuse. She was fined £150.
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