Alex Salmond trial defence agent says 'There’s something going on but I can’t prove it - I can smell it'

dailyrecord.co.uk:

Alex Salmond's defence agent has told the jury at his High Court trial he can 'smell' that 'there's something going on' but he 'can't prove it'.

Gordon Jackson QC was giving his closing speech to the jury at the former first minister's trial in Edinburgh on alleged sexual assault charges.

Salmond faces 13 charges against nine women.Jackson said politics was a “murky, murky world”.He referred to women making allegations against Salmond who had been in contact with each other.Then the QC said: “There’s something going on but I can’t prove it - I can smell it.”During his speech he also discussed the evidence of Woman A and suggested there was “something devious” and “something not that straightforward”.Woman A was communicating with other