"I think you know how hard this is. “Things that were thought of as nothing are thought of us criminal now,” Jackson observed. "I don't have a three-hour wall-to-wall memory," she said.

Woman H said she came forward with her allegations so they were a "vetting issue" for the SNP in case Salmond sought a return to politics. "I wanted to feel secure before talking to anyone about it.

Speaking from behind a screen, the woman – who cannot be named for legal reasons – told the court that, in 2012, she went to a Glasgow restaurant where Salmond was hosting a dinner, an event she described as a “jovial occasion”.

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"I have these distressing images repeating in my mind over and over and over again.". The former SNP leader is accused of two offences - sexual assault and attempted rape - against the woman, which he denies. "I didn't want anyone to think I was in any kind of physically, emotionally, intimate relationship with him," she told the court. "I've done this off my own back," she told the court. "He was in the company of a member of staff so I didn't take the opportunity to discuss what happened the night before. ", She added: "I just absolutely froze. Available for everyone, funded by readers.

The next day, the woman said she contacted a colleague to say Salmond had acted inappropriately and that she would not be coming into work. However, the Police Scotland investigation was triggered by the decision by Leslie Evans, the permanent secretary at the Scottish government, to send the results of its internal inquiry to the police.

Nicola Sturgeon 'not aware' of any advice to female civil servants over Alex Salmond. The court heard Woman H sent a text to an SNP employee in November 2017 asking if she could discuss an allegation confidentially.

Today in things that actually happened in British politics, we present the following (mildly sweary) Facebook exchange. I remember him having his socks on.