The nine women who accused Alex Salmond of sex offences have claimed complaints against powerful men are being “swept under the carpet”.The former first minister was acquitted of 13 charges – including attempted rape, sexual assault and indecent assault – and said afterwards that he was the victim of an SNP plot.A jury of eight women and five men at the High Court in Edinburgh found him not guilty of 12 allegations and not proven on one.But in a statement released through Rape Crisis Scotland, the women said they had been left “devastated” by the verdict.They added: “For too long, perpetrators in positions of power have been shielded by their ability to influence and intimidate.“For too long, women’s complaints have been dismissed
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