| Father
loses claim over sex-abuse allegations
JOHN ROBERTSON
LAW CORRESPONDENT
A FATHER who claimed his daughter falsely accused him of sadistic
sex abuse while undergoing "recovered memory therapy"
lost a £250,000 damages action yesterday.
James Fairlie, 63, said his family life was shattered after a psychiatrist
disclosed his belief that the allegations were true.
However, a judge ruled that Mr Fairlie’s case could not be
allowed to proceed to a stage where he would be given the chance
to prove that the doctor had been negligent.
The Court of Session was told that in 1994, Katrina Fairlie, then
24, was treated for severe abdominal pains, and when her symptoms
continued she was admitted to a psychiatric unit at the Murray Royal
Hospital, Perth.
Mr Fairlie, of Crieff, said his daughter underwent intensive "recovered
memory therapy".
According to Mr Fairlie, Katrina, as a result of the therapy, alleged
that he and others had sexually abused her in a brutal and sadistic
manner. He maintained that the allegations "were entirely without
foundation" and were subsequently withdrawn by Katrina, but
not before social workers and the police had become involved.
Perth & Kinross Healthcare NHS Trust denied that Katrina had
undergone recovered memory therapy, or that the psychiatrist had
told members of the family that he believed Mr Fairlie had abused
her.
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