Methodist College Belfast apologises to ex-pupil after rugby trip case

Methodist College Belfast has publicly apologised to a teenager who said he was subjected to “degrading” treatment by other pupils on a rugby trip to Portugal.

He said older pupils forced him and others to run naked around the resort they were staying at and he was also forced to witness other boys as they were coerced into performing an act on a sex toy.

The school said it was “unacceptable behaviour” and has offered its “sincere apologies” to Gabriel McConkey, who was 17 at the time.

Mr McConkey, who is now 19, was awarded more than £50,000 in a civil case last week.

His mother…