Witness tells of Dunblane gunman’s ‘paranoia’

THOMAS Hamilton, who massacred 16 children, their teacher and himself in Dunblane, Scotland, in 1996, bore a grudge verging on paranoia against the town’s parents, police and the scouting movement, newly- disclosed documents have shown.

One person who had known Hamilton for years told Scottish police after the massacre that Hamilton would regularly vent his grievances in phone calls.

“I would say he did have a thing, almost paranoia, about the Scouts, police and parents in Dunblane,” the witness told police.