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Former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond has cancelled his blockbuster testimony at Holyrood inquiry  Mr Salmond had been expected to give evidence about botched handling of sex assault claims against him  Scottish Parliament redacted most damning parts of his already-published evidence against Nicola Sturgeon Ex-First Minister accuses Ms Sturgeon of lying about when she knew of a probe into sex assault claims  His allies also claim Ms Sturgeons allies cooked up sex assault claims in plot...

THE Crown Office has urged Holyrood’s harassment inquiry to take down testimony from Alex Salmond that was published last night.

ALEX Salmond has accused a string of senior SNP and Scottish Government figures of trying to have him imprisoned.

The former first minister’s lawyers have asked to see why the Scottish Parliament decided to belatedly redact his evidence after it was published.

THE bitter war of words between Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon exploded into a genuine threat to the First Ministers position last night. Holyrood officials finally published Mr Salmonds written evidence at 7pm, clearing the way for his long awaited testimony under oath tomorrow.

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The former First Minister claims Miss Sturgeons husband Peter Murrell led a deliberate, prolonged, malicious and concerted effort to damage his reputation and remove him from public life.

In a written submission to Holyrood the former first minister names people he claims attempted to damage his reputation.

The submission was removed from the Scottish Parliament website before a revised version was published.

ALEX Salmond has warned he may pull out of a Holyrood inquiry after his evidence was censored following an intervention by prosecutors.