Alex Salmond’s trial lawyer has been hit with a five-month suspension after he named the former First Minister’s accusers on a train.
But Gordon Jackson KC has been given permission to appeal after the sanction by a Faculty of Advocates committee. Salmond was acquitted at the High Court in 2020 of charges including an allegation of attempted rape.
Outside the court, Salmond paid tribute to his “brilliant” and “absolutely exceptional” legal team. Footage then emerged of Jackson naming some of the female complainers on public transport, despite strict rules on anonymity.
He said of one accuser: “We thought that eventually people might think she’s a flake and not like her. All I need to do is put a smell on her.” Jackson, a former Labour MSP, quit as dean of the faculty and an investigation was launched.
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