BREAKING: Alex Salmond arrested
Last updated 24th Jan 2019
Former Scottish First Minster Alex Salmond has been arrested and is due to appear in court today.
Police Scotland released a statement saying: We can confirm that 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.''
He's expected to appear in front of a sheriff in Edinburgh this afternoon.
Alex Salmond was Scotland's first minister from 2007 to 2014.
He guided the SNP to a narrow Scottish election win in 2007 and then led a minority government.
In the 2011 election, he led the party to an unprecedented victory with a majority win, meaning the SNP's manifesto pledge to hold an independence referendum could be delivered.
But the result of the 2014 referendum - a 55% to 45% vote to stay in the UK - led to him stepping down as first minister and SNP leader
He resigned his membership of the party in August 2018 after the allegations emerged.