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Nicola Sturgeon blasts claims of high-level 'plot' to topple Alex Salmond
First Minister said she had seen nothing that “comes within a million miles” of any conspiracy allegations.A Holyrood committee is investigating her Government’s handling of sexual misconduct complaints against Salmond when he was First Minister.Salmond took the government to court and it was agreed the internal probe, which destroyed his friendship with Sturgeon and cost the taxpayer over £600,000, had been unlawful.He was also charged with sexual offences and acquitted after a trial.Salmond gave evidence last week and accused his successor of misleading parliament over his meetings with her during the live probe.He also alleged that senior SNP figures, including Sturgeon’s husband Peter Murrell and her chief of staff Liz Lloyd, plotted to