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Politics
Paul Hutcheon

Alex Salmond's QC Gordon Jackson guilty of professional misconduct over train comments

Alex Salmond’s QC has had a complaint of professional misconduct upheld against him after publicly naming two of the former First Minister’s trial accusers on a train.

A probe by the Faculty of Advocates also concluded Gordon Jackson had breached a court order which bans the publication of the women’s identities.

Salmond was acquitted in 2020 of sexually assaulting nine women after being represented by Jackson during a high profile trial.

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