Man jailed over Salmond trial tweet
A man who named women who gave evidence against Alex Salmond has been jailed for six months.
Clive Thomson, 52, breached a strict court order which prohibited the identification of the complainers who gave evidence at the former First Minister’s trial last year.
The High Court in Edinburgh heard that Thomson, of Rosyth, Fife, named the females on Twitter on two different occasions in August last year.
Lady Dorrian - the judge who presided over the trial which resulted in Mr Salmond being acquitted of all charges - had passed the order during trial.
However, the defence industry worker ignored the order and named the women on the social media network. The court heard that he knew that he was not supposed to name the women.
Lady Dorrian said what Thomsondidwassowrong that jail was the only option available to the court.
A rise in cases in areas including the Lothians is due to low level community transmission and not ‘big rule breaking’, Jason Leitch has told MSPS.
Professor Leitch said that a rise in cases in some parts of Scotland did not appear to be because people were breaking lockdown rules in a major way and was due to the prevalence of the virus in the local community.
The Lothians has seen a slight rise in cases in the past two weeks, while numbers overall in Scotland have continued to fall. Other ‘hotspots’ include East Ayrshire and Falkirk.
A new walk-through testing centre has been opened in Niddrie in Edinburgh, where cases are currently at a higher level than in other parts of the Capital.
Prof said: “There are community transmission hotspots around the country. We can send in more case finding machinery such as mobile testing units. We can talk to those communities via the local authorities. Then test and protect is active, functioning and its response times are really good.
“Of course, it relies on human beings, individual behaviour. There's only so much we can do about that, and that's about communication, it's about trusted voices and it's about being inside those communities, to try and help them understand what it is.”
He added: “It doesn't appear at a superficial level to be big rule breaking occasions - we we still get some of that."
“Everyone needs to adjust to these changes” is an Essex logistics company chief’s call to other British operations.
“We gave our clients informed and honest opinions of where we thought the main issues would arise so they could plan accordingly,” explained Chairman Kevin Stevens, whose firm transports up to 8,000 monthly shipments to and from Europe.
“We grew a dedicated team, hosted strategy meetings as well as internal training sessions to get staff across the business up to speed on the latest regulatory changes, building transition training and information resources for our clients.”
OPPORTUNITY: Kevin Stevens.
“With change comes opportunity. Our forward planning has allowed us to push forward significantly and open up new opportunities for clients trading with the EU,” continued the boss of the global logistic, freight forwarding and supply chain specialists.
“Everyone needs to adjust to these changes and, understanding they are here to stay, put relevant processes in place.”