Alex Salmond tells court charges are fabrications or exaggerations
by Severin Carrell Scotland editor from on (#50TX2)
Former first minister of Scotland faces charges of attempted rape, sexual and indecent assault
Alex Salmond told a court that numerous charges of sexual and indecent assault, and a charge of attempted rape against him were deliberate fabrications or exaggerated.
The former first minister of Scotland, who denies the charges against him, told the high court in Edinburgh the 13 charges he faces of attempted rape, sexual assaults and indecent assaults on nine women were false or based on misinterpretation. Originally indicted on 14 charges, he was formally acquitted of one sexual assault after the charge was dropped by the prosecution on Monday.
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