HM Advocate v Salmond

Mai ba da shawara ga Mai Girma v Alexander Elliot Anderson Salmond shine tuhumar aikata laifuka ta 2020 na Alex Salmond, tsohon Ministan farko na Scotland, saboda zargin lalata. Salmond ya fuskanci tuhume-tuhume 14, galibi na cin zarafin jima'i. An fara shari'ar ne a ranar 9 ga Maris 2020 a Babban Kotun da ke Edinburgh kuma an kammala shi a ranar 23 ga Maris 2020 tare da juriya da ta wankewa Salmond daga dukkan tuhume-tuhumen: ba shi da laifi a kan tuhume-tukan 12, kuma ba a tabbatar da shi ba kan daya daga cikin cin zarafin jima'i da niyyar fyade ba. Wani karin zargi na cin zarafin jima'i a baya ya janye ta Crown.

Tarihi

A watan Agustan 2018, Salmond ya yi murabus daga SNP a gaban zargin cin zarafin jima'i a shekarar 2013 yayin da yake Minista na farko. A cikin wata sanarwa, Salmond ya ci gaba da cewa ba shi da laifi, kuma ya ce yana so ya guje wa rarrabuwar ciki a cikin jam'iyyar kuma yana da niyyar neman komawa SNP da zarar ya sami damar wanke sunansa.

Gwamnatin Scotland ta gudanar da bincike na cikin gida game da zargin. Salmond ya yi zargin manyan rashin daidaito a binciken Gwamnatin Scotland, yana nuna halin Sakataren Dindindin Leslie Evans, yana mai cewa "hanyar da Sakataren dindindin ya sanya ta aiki ba ta da adalci kuma saboda haka ba za a iya gujewa ba za ta haifar da sakamako mai nuna bambanci". A ranar 30 ga watan Agustan shekara ta 2018, ya kaddamar da kira ga tara kudade don biyan kuɗin shari'a na neman bita na shari'a game da adalci na tsarin da Gwamnatin Scotland ta magance zarge-zargen. Salmond ya rufe roko kwana biyu bayan haka, 1 ga Satumba, bayan ya tara £ 100,000, ya ninka adadin da yake so ya biya kuɗin shari'arsa.

A ranar 14 ga watan Satumba, 'Yan sanda na Scotland sun tabbatar da cewa sun kaddamar da bincike daban game da korafe-korafe a kan Salmond.

A ranar 8 ga watan Janairun 2019, Gwamnatin Scotland ta amince da sake dubawa na shari'a, ta yarda cewa ta karya jagororin ta ta hanyar nada jami'in bincike wanda ke da "sa hannu" a cikin shari'ar. Gwamnati ta yarda cewa hanyoyinta sun kasance marasa kyau, sun kasance "maras adalci" kuma "sun lalace ta hanyar nuna bambanci", kuma sun biya fiye da £ 500,000 a cikin kudaden shari'ar Salmond. Salmond ta kuma nemi sakatare na dindindin ga Gwamnatin Scotland, Leslie Evans, ta yi la'akari da matsayinta. Evans ya bayyana cewa korafin da gwamnati ta karɓa a watan Janairun 2018 ba a janye su ba, don haka zaɓin sake bincika su ya kasance a kan teburin, da zarar binciken 'yan sanda game da zarge-zargen ya gudana.

A ranar 24 ga watan Janairun 2019, 'Yan sanda na Scotland sun kama Salmond, kuma an tuhume shi da laifuka 14, ciki har da laifukan yunkurin fyade guda biyu, tara na fyade, biyu na fyade mara kyau, da kuma daya na keta zaman lafiya. A cikin wata sanarwa a waje da Kotun Sheriff ta Edinburgh, ya musanta duk wani laifi. Ya bayyana a kotu a ranar 21 ga Nuwamba 2019 kuma ya shigar da rokon "ba laifi ba".

Shari'a

Salmond ya bayyana a kotu a ranar 21 ga Nuwamba kuma ya shigar da rokon "ba laifi ba". An fara shari'ar ne a ranar 9 ga watan Maris na shekara ta 2020 tare da Lady Dorrian da ke jagorantar. Gordon Jackson ne ya jagoranci kare Salmond tare da Shelagh McCall a matsayin babban lauya na hadin gwiwa; Alex Prentice ne ya jagoranci karar. Matan da suka yi zargin da ake yi wa Salmond sun hada da dan siyasa na SNP, ma'aikacin jam'iyya, da kuma ma'aikatan gwamnati na yanzu da na baya, kuma ana kiransu da sunayen mata "A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F", "G", "H", "J", da "K".

Shaidar farko ita ce "Woman H", wacce ta ba da labarin yadda Salmond ya yi ƙoƙarin yi mata fyade a Bute House bayan abincin dare na sirri a watan Yunin 2014. Ba ta ambaci wannan lamarin ba lokacin da ta fara magana da 'yan sanda a shekarar 2018. Mai kare ya ba da shawarar cewa ta ƙirƙiri zarge-zargen, wanda shaidar ta ƙi. Wani shaida na biyu da ya halarci abincin dare da ake tambaya ya ba da shaida da ke nuna cewa "Woman H" ba ta kasance a Bute House a daren da ake tambaya ba.

Wani mai shaida ya yi iƙirarin cewa an hana mata yin aiki tare da Salmond a cikin aikin gwamnati a Scotland, kodayake ba a gabatar da wata hujja mai tabbatarwa ba.

A lokacin shari'ar, mai kare ya yi iƙirarin cewa Mista Salmond mai aure, wanda aka kwatanta da "mai tausayi", wanda ya yarda da jima'i da biyu daga cikin masu shigar da kara, na iya yin aiki ba daidai ba, kuma ya jagoranci shaidu waɗanda suka kira shi "mai tsananin rikici" da kuma "mai tsada sosai". Lauyan Salmond, Gordon Jackson, ya yi iƙirarin a lokacin shari'ar cewa "Woman A", babban jami'in Gwamnatin Scotland, ya kasance yana hulɗa da wasu daga cikin masu korafin kafin a tuhumi Salmond, yana gaya wa juri, "Wannan yana da ƙanshi. "

Bayan kwanaki 9 na shaida juriya ta yi shawarwari na jimlar awanni 6. A ranar 23 ga watan Maris an sami Salmond ba shi da laifi a kan tuhume-tuhumen cin zarafin jima'i goma sha biyu, gami da daya daga yunkurin fyade; kuma ba a tabbatar da shi ba kan tuhuma daya na cin zarafin fyade ba tare da niyyar fyade. Ɗaya daga cikin cajin da kambi ya janye a baya.

Sakamakon haka

Ba da daɗewa ba bayan shari'ar, bidiyon bidiyo ya fito a bayyane yake yana nuna Gordon Jackson a kan jirgin ƙasa mai cike da mutane yana yin maganganu marasa kyau game da Salmond da kuma ambaci biyu daga cikin wadanda ake zargi a cikin shari'ar. Jackson ya bayyana Salmond a matsayin "mutumin da ba a yarda da shi ba", "mutum mai banƙyama da za a yi aiki da shi... mafarki mai ban tsoro da za a iya yi aiki da ita", da kuma "wani annoba na jima'i amma ba a tuhume shi da hakan ba". Jackson ya ambaci biyu daga cikin masu shigar da kara duk da cewa har yanzu akwai umarni mai tsauri. A cikin wata sanarwa, Jackson ya bayyana niyyarsa ta yi murabus a matsayin Dean na Faculty of Advocates. Rikicin Rape Scotland ya yi kira ga cikakken bincike game da bidiyon.

A cikin 2021, tsohon jami'in diflomasiyyar Burtaniya kuma mai fafutukar siyasa Craig Murray, wanda ya goyi bayan Salmond a duk lokacin shari'ar, Lady Dorrian ta gano cewa yana cikin raina kotu bayan ya buga bayanai a shafin yanar gizonsa wanda zai iya gano wasu daga cikin masu shigar da kara ta hanyar "bayyanar da martani". An yanke wa Murray hukuncin ɗaurin watanni takwas.[undefined][undefined] A watan Yunin 2021 an ki amincewa da aikace-aikacensa na izinin daukaka kara zuwa Kotun Koli, tare da Lady Dorrian tana cewa "babu wata hujja da za a iya jayayya da doka da ta taso" a cikin roko.[2][undefined] An saki Murray a ranar 30 ga Nuwamba 2021 bayan ya cika rabin hukuncinsa na watanni takwas, kuma ya zuwa 2024 ya kasance mutum daya tilo da ya fuskanci lokacin kurkuku dangane da abin kunya na Alex Salmond.[1]

Dubi kuma

• Shari'a ta juri a Scotland