Nicola Sturgeon has spoken out after Alex Salmond was cleared of a host of sexual assault allegations - to say coronavirus is her top priority.
Scotland’s former first minister was acquitted on a number of charges, including one of attempted rape, earlier today. He had been on trial for the past 11 days at the High Court in Edinburgh, but a jury acquitted him on all charges.
In a statement the current first minister noted that Salmond had been cleared but said that she was totally focused on working to stop the spread of the deadly COVID-19 strain throughout Scotland.She explained: "I am a strong believer in a rigorous, robust independent judicial process where complaints of this nature, if they come forward, are properly and thoroughly