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Police probing civil servant’s evidence to Alex Salmond inquiry

Mr Salmond has alleged that there was a conspiracy among senior SNP figures, including his successor as first minister Nicola Sturgeon, to imprison him. Ms Sturgeon has strongly denied the claim.

He is seeking “significant damages” and compensation for loss of earnings that could total millions of pounds.

That would be in addition to the £500,000 that Mr Salmond was awarded in legal costs after a judge said in 2019 that the government investigation into the allegations against him had been “unlawful in respect that they were procedurally unfair” and also “tainted with apparent bias”.

Mr Salmond’s lawyer Gordon Dangerfield told the Court of Session on Friday that the Police Scotland investigation into Mr Hynd was called Operation Broadcroft and was being headed by a senior detective.

He also said that the investigation was looking into claims that a “very, very senior civil servant – Mr James Hynd – gave a false statement on oath at the inquiry”.


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