Scottish minister quits after assault claim

A Scottish authorities curate has discontinue aft being accused of assaulting and verbally abusing a erstwhile person of the Tories successful Scotland.

MSP Douglas Ross made the allegation astir parliamentary concern curate Jamie Hepburn astatine the extremity of First Minister's Questions (FMQs) connected Thursday.

Mr Hepburn said successful his resignation missive that helium had "not acted successful accordance with my ain idiosyncratic codification of practice".

He added: "There is nary denying that my enactment with Douglas Ross fell good abbreviated of that standard."

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