Police Scotland are to take ‘no further action’ over a historic sexual assault allegation levelled at Alex Salmond after his death.
The force received a complaint about the former first minister shortly after he suffered a fatal heart attack in North Macedonia in October aged 69.
After investigating the report, the police have now cleared the former Alba leader.
In a statement, the force said: ‘Following a report of a non-recent sexual assault, enquiries were carried out and no further action will be taken.’
Mr Salmond, who led the SNP for 20 years and was first minister from 2007 to 2014, was cleared of 13 sexual offence counts at a trial at the High Court in Edinburgh in March 2020.
