Former ambassador jailed for Alex Salmond case blogposts

Craig Murray imprisoned for eight months for breaching court order protecting women's identities

The former diplomat Craig Murray has been jailed for eight months after repeatedly breaching a court order protecting the identities of women who accused Alex Salmond of sexual assault.

Murray, a blogger who describes himself as a historian and human rights activist, was found guilty last month of breaching the order in a series of blogposts attacking the decision to prosecute Salmond for 14 counts of sexual assault, including attempted rape.