Scottish bagpiper Elliot Wilson raised £19,000 after an alleged attack in Edinburgh

PC: Lynsey Wilson/Edinburgh Evening News A 12-year-old bagpiper has donated £19,000 to his school pipe band after an incident in Edinburgh city centre. Elliot Wilson was busking in Princes Street Gardens earlier this month when a group dressed in black approached him and allegedly threw a sticky substance at him and his case. He later launched a fundraiser to cover the cost of dry cleaning his kilt and buying a replacement pipe case.Donations from more than a thousand people exceeded his expectations, reaching £19,000. Elliot decided to give the money to Preston Lodge pipe band, of which he is a member, to turn the ordeal into something positive for his community. According to the Edinburgh Evening News, he has since presented the band with a cheque.Elliot Wilson donated the £19,000 fundraiser to his school pipe bandElliot Wilson decided to donate the money raised through his crowdfunding campaign to Preston Lodge pipe band. The 12-year-old is a member of the band, which has almost 100 young people playing in it. After the fundraiser received far more donations than expected, Elliot chose to use the money to support the group and its members.The donation reached £19,000 after more ...