A Lanarkshire MSP has described recent statistics which show that the number of sexual crimes in Lanarkshire have risen sharply as "deeply troubling".
Tory MSP Graham Simpson's comments come after new statistics from the Scottish Government’s Recorded Crime data showed that the number of sexual crimes committed in Scotland had risen by 14 per cent since 2018 and seven per cent since 2021.
Non-sexual violent crime was also up, rising nine per cent on the previous year and five per cent since 2018.
