A former pupil at George Heriot’s School is suing the city council for £150,000 after claiming she was left scarred for life in a freak lawnmower accident in the Meadows.

Kara Murray suffered a deep laceration to her face after a metal object was thrown from the blades of a ride-on lawnmower and struck her as she sat on the grass with friends.

The 19-year-old, who is now a student at Edinburgh University, wants to undergo private plastic surgery after being left feeling self-conscious about the scarring.

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