A FORMER Peebles High School pupil is at the centre of a new book on whistle-blowing website Wikileaks which has released thousands of secret government documents.

Linda Pearson contributed chapter 5 in the book The Wikileaks Files - a series of essays from around the world on the impact of Wikileaks on various countries.

This chapter discusses the the role of  ICC – International Criminal Court.

After completing a degree in Law, at the London School of Economics, Linda, from Peebles, went out to Australia, where she is currently involved in politics in Sydney.

At PHS Linda studied History, winning the Nelson Prize, and was also girls sports champion several times.