Alex Salmond charged

Sonic67

BBC News - Alex Salmond charged with attempted rape
Alex Salmond charged with attempted rape

Former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond has appeared in court charged with attempted rape and sexual assault.

He faced a total of 14 charges at Edinburgh Sheriff Court.

Sonic67

Background to what's happening?

https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2019/01/its-salmond-vs-sturgeon-and-whoever-wins-the-snp-loses/

Sturgeon spokesman accuses Salmond team of 'smears'

tapzilla2k

I await developments with interest.

Sonic67

Charges.

                                                                       

Cliff

How come this is only now coming out nw. They are all from 2009?
Lets hope this is not some political skullduggery.

krish

14 separate charges, but how many individual alleged victims?

Philly112

Are you sure they date from 2009? Salmond was initially being investigated for two alleged offences dating back to 2013; these were what initiated the crowdfunding campaign. As far as I'm aware, no details of the 'new' 14 offences have been made public, including whether these include the 2013 allegations or not.
The 2009 date in the above post refers to the date of the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Act, not the date that any offences might have taken place.

Cliff

OK , I thought the offences were from 2009, my mistake. So we are looking at more recent times. How come it was crowd funded? Was the crime public knowledge? Sounds strange anyway.

Trollslayer

2009 is when those laws were enacted because there are changes to a lot of laws over time.

Bl4ckGryph0n

Holy smoke. He’s been a busy wee boy; allegedly.