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Alex Salmond's 'devastated' accusers speak out after verdict

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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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