Andy Murray has revealed his satisfaction at being able to bring joy to the people of Dunblane.
The killings of 16 children and a teacher by former Scout leader Thomas Hamilton at Dunblane Primary School in March 1996 still scar the Scottish town.
But Murray, a pupil at the school who was present on the day of the massacre, has given Dunblane cause to be portrayed in a positive light, as the place where the reigning Olympic and US Open men's tennis champion grew up.
In an emotional BBC documentary, during which he broke down in tears, Murray made it clear that harrowing memories of the day had stayed with him.
He said: 'It's something I've never really spoken about since I went on tour, since I began getting asked a lot about it by the press, because it's something that was obviously for all of my family, and the town...
'At the time, you have no idea how tough something like that is. As you start to get older you realise.
'The thing that is nice now, the whole town, they recovered from it so well.
'It wasn't until a few years ago that I started to research it and look into it a lot because I didn't really want to know.
'It is just nice that I've been able to do something the town is proud of.'
All is well bro
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