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SEX-CRIMES TRIAL OF EX-LEADER SALMOND BEGINS IN SCOTLAND
March 9, 2020
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LONDON – Scottish ex-First Minister Alex Salmond, one of Scotland’s best-known politicians, is due to go on trial Monday accused of sex crimes including attempting to rape a woman at the leader’s official residence.
Salmond, 65, faces a total of 14 charges — one of attempted rape, 11 alleged sexual assaults and two alleged indecent assaults — against 10 women between 2008 and 2014. He denies all the allegations.
Salmond stood between security guards in the dock at the High Court in Edinburgh at the start of the