Mathew Birnnie, a survivor of the Dunblane School tragedy

10th May 1996, 1:00am

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Mathew Birnnie, a survivor of the Dunblane School tragedy

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(Photograph) - Five-year-old Mathew Birnnie, a survivor of the Dunblane School tragedy, was a guest of Everton football club for the last game of the season. Mathew, whose family moved from the Wirral to Scotland shortly before the shooting, was in the school gym when 16 of his classmates and a teacher, Gwen Mayor, were killed. He was hit in the shoulder and chest but has made a full recovery.

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