BBC Scotland News
Alex Salamand’s family is firm to “protect his name” in legal action against the Scottish government, his niece said.
Christina Handry also claimed that there was a conspiracy against her uncle, former first minister and SNP leader, who was approved in the testing of 13 sexual offenses in 2020.
When he died at the age of 69 last year, there was Salmand Saw the Scottish government A bottled investigation was done about him in the complaints of harassment. His widow Moira has since raised the case.
Nicola Sturgeon, who succeeded Salamand as the first minister, denied claims of a conspiracy in his new memoir, which was highly important for his former mentor.
Salmond, who He died of a heart attack in October 2024 Answer: While attending a conference in Macedonia, the government was prosecuting for misunderstanding – the word a civil law which means wrong practice of valid rights.
The former first minster had already successfully taken legal action against the government in 2019, which reports about complaints against him, the decision to be “tainted with clear bias”.
He was awarded £ 500,000 at the cost for that case, but was reporting £ 3m in loss of earnings with damages and fresh legal claims.
His widow Moira claimed this after allegedly gained the support of rich backers.
In the criminal trial in 2020, Salmond was approved by all the allegations, including the attempt to rape, but his lawyer admitted in the court that his client could “be a better man”.
After leaving the SNP, Salmond founded the Alba Party, a pro -freedom,.
His niece, Handry, has announced his intention to stand for the party in the North East list in next year’s Holiroad elections.
He said that the family was “mostly united” in support of legal action.
“We need to do anything to protect her name,” she said Good morning scotland of BBC Radio Program.
The Skottish government spokesperson said: “It would not be appropriate to comment on live litigation.”
In his memoir, Sterzen claimed that his predecessor was against the gay marriage and did not read the entirety of his government’s white paper on Scottish freedom published before the 2014 referendum.
He also discussed rumors that he had “consent cases”.
In an interview with Scottish Sun, Handry described the sturgeon claims as “cruel” and said that they had created a crisis for the family.
He told Good Morning Scotland: “If my uncle was here today, then these things will not be said.
“I am confident that they are being said because he is not here to protect himself, as he must have done with every fiber of his own being.”
In his book, Sturgeon stated that the emergence of messages between women who made allegations against Sailamond and SNP staff members, was wrongly “spoon” by the founder of Alba, to suggest that people suggested that people were “plotting to bring him down”.
Handry said that he feels that people hatched a conspiracy against their uncle.
He said: “I think the truth will still come out.”
Handry said that she intends to stand to “respect” for Alba in the North East.
In July, the police Scotland said that there would be no further action after investigating the charge of a historic sexual attack against Salmond after his death.
Several revelations in the book of Nicola Sturgeon – released last week – focused on its former political patron Alex Salmond.
His behavior was criticized, allegations of excessive drinking, even suggestions that he was not in detail of his policies.
Mr. Salmond may no longer be here to defend himself, but his colleagues – at least his family – has not raised that reason.
And it is going beyond hitting the claims in the book. The family has planned to continue legal action against the Scottish government as to how the claims of harassment against the first minister were handled.
At the top of all this, Alex Salmond’s niece has his own political ambitions.
All this serves as a reminder of how important a figure salmond was in Scottish politics – arguments about their reputation and political heritage are ready for some time.
And the sharp partition between Nicola sturgeon and its predecessors does not seem that it will soon fade from the public scene at any time.