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It prompted Labour to ask the Crown Office to investigate whether he had “perjured himself”. In particular, the Crown was asked to probe whether Mr Murrell falsely denied the existence of potentially embarrassing text and WhatsApp messages relating to Mr Salmond. Wilfully making a false statement under oath is punishable by up to five years in jail. The inquiry is looking at the Scottish Government’s mishandling of complaints of sexual misconduct made against Mr Salmond in 2018 by...

Last modified on Tue 2 Feb 2021 00.12 EST Joanna Cherry, one of Nicola Sturgeon’s fiercest internal critics, has been sacked from the Scottish National party’s frontbench at Westminster after a public feud with its former deputy leader last week. Cherry, an advocate and queen’s counsel, announced on Twitter that she had been sacked as the party’s spokesperson for home affairs in a reshuffle of the SNP’s Commons frontbench, and immediately hit out at her Westminster colleagues and part...

Salmond inquiry MSPs: Whatever the Crown has given us must be released and released in full by Mark Aitken & Craig McDonald January 31, 2021, 2:00 pm Updated: January 31, 2021, 5:00 pm © Joey Kelly/EPA/Shutterstock Nicola Sturgeon and Alex Salmond in 2015 Documents delivered to the Alex Salmond inquiry by the Crown Office after an unprecedented legal demand must now be made public, politicians insisted yesterday. The evidence collected in ­preparation for Mr Salmond’s criminal trial ...

Pressure is mounting on Nicola Sturgeon’s husband, SNP chief executive Peter Murrell, to return before the Alex Salmond inquiry this week.It follows claims by the SNP MP Kenny MacAskill in an

Alex Salmond Inquiry receives material from Crown Office following legal demand The committee of MSPs has flexed its legal powers to access key documents 18:08, 29 JAN 2021 Updated Former First Minister Alex Salmond (Image: PA) Our Politics newsletter is now daily. Join thousands of others and get the latest Scottish politics news sent straight to your inbox.Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send yo...

Salmond inquiry: Crown Office hands over bombshell evidence PROSECUTORS have handed over potentially explosive evidence to the Holyrood inquiry into the Alex Salmond affair. The Crown Office confirmed it provided “material” from Mr Salmond’s criminal trial to MSPs, but asked them to consider whether it would be in the public interest to release it. The move follows the Scottish Parliament taking the unprecedented step of using its power to compel the production of documents last wee...

ALEX BELL: Team Sturgeon switches Indy policy as Salmond smells a political comeback © Supplied by Gus Proctor Thank you for signing up to our Politics newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon’s decision to U-turn on Indyref2 and switch to Plan B has everything to do with Alex Salmond and nothing with Scotland’s best interests. The first minister used to think any independence referendum had to be legal. This meant getting a Secti...

ALEX Salmond will give bombshell evidence under oath about Nicola Sturgeon to a Holyrood inquiry, it has been confirmed, after doubts he might never appear. The cross-party committee today agreed to extend its own deadline and hear the former First Minister testify on Tuesday, February 9. The decision means Ms Sturgeon now faces the most perilous moment of her premiership.  In a written submission, Mr Salmond has already accused his successor of repeatedly misleading the inquiry and ...

MSPs on the inquiry will meet tomorrow to decide whether to take him up on the offer. The inquiry is looking at the Scottish Government’s mishandling of into complaints of sexual misconduct made against Mr Salmond in 2018 by two civil servants. The former First Minister had the exercise set aside in a judicial review, showing it was “tainted by apparent bias”, leaving taxpayers with a £500,000 bill for his legal costs. He was later charged with sexual assault but cleared on all ...

THE CROWN Office has been urged to investigate claims the SNP’s chief executive has committed perjury. Labour and the Tories claim Peter Murrell - who is married to First Minister Nicola Sturgeon - may have “perjured himself” when he testified under oath to the Holyrood committee probing the botched handling of harassment allegations made against Alex Salmond.  Last December, the party boss told MSPs he was not aware of text and WhatsApp messages regarding allegations against Salmon...