Former First Minister Alex Salmond has been arrested and charged by police.
No further details of the charge facing the former Aberdeenshire East MSP and Gordon MP, who was First Minister from 2007 to 2014, have been released by police.
A Police Scotland spokeswoman said today: “We can confirm a 64-year-old man
has been arrested and charged, and a report will be sent to the Procurator Fiscal.
“Proceedings are now live under the contempt of court act.”