Former first minister of Scotland Alex Salmond has said he has never attacked a woman as he started giving evidence in his trial. Salmond took to the witness box at the High Court in Edinburgh on Tuesday morning facing accusations of sexual assault and one of attempted rape. The 65-year-old has 13 charges of alleged offences against … Read more
Scotland’s former first minister Alex Salmond apologised to a civil servant after getting on top of her on a bed, kissing her ‘sloppily and haphazardly’ and murmuring she was ‘irresistible’, a court has heard. The woman told the High Court in Edinburgh today that the alleged assault happened one evening at Bute House – the … Read more
An actor yesterday said a former Scottish Government official was at a dinner at Bute House on the evening Alex Salmond is alleged to have tried to rape her. The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons but is referred to as Ms H, has told a court about two alleged incidents, including a … Read more