Alex Salmond – facing a swampy Neptunian trial

 
Alex Salmond will face trial next March on charges of carrying out a series of sexual offences against 10 women while serving as Scotland’s first minister. He denies all the allegations, which include one attempted rape, one intent to rape, 10 sexual assaults and two indecent assaults on dates between 2008 and 2014. The trial is expected to last about four weeks.
As a politician, he was a formidable orator and led the pro-independence campaign. He has been married since 1981 to a wi