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Ex-Scottish leader begins defense against sex crimes claims

| March 17, 2020 10:30 AM

LONDON (AP) — Former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond denounced some of the sex-crimes charges against him as “deliberate fabrications for a political purpose" as he began giving evidence at his trial on Tuesday.

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