Britain | Scottish politics
Not-guilty verdicts for Alex Salmond
The end of the former SNP leader’s trial is not the end of the story
IN OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES, the verdict would have been the Scottish political event of the year. On March 23rd Alex Salmond, Scotland’s former first minister, was found not guilty of 12 charges of sexual assault. The jury found a thirteenth charge to be not proven.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “Leaping Salmond”
Britain March 28th 2020
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