A man who sent threatening messages to Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and later helped abduct a sheriff has been jailed for more than five years.
William Curtis, 70, was convicted last month of sending threatening messages to Ms Sturgeon and of sending or causing a threatening message to be sent to former MSP Stewart Stevenson in 2019 following a trial at the High Court in Glasgow.
He and co-accused Philip Mitchell, 60, were also found guilty of assaulting and abducting Sheriff Robert McDonald in a car park in Banff, Aberdeenshire, in June 2021.
