Trump protestors spared court

Two men reported to prosecutors after a paragliding protest during Donald Trump’s stay at Turnberry will face no criminal proceedings.

A banner reading “Trump: Well Below Par” was flown from an aircraft shortly after the US president arrived at his South Ayrshire hotel on July 13 last year. A 55-year-old man was subsequently arrested, charged and released pending further inquiries.

In November, police said a 35- year-old man had been reported to the procurator fiscal in connection with the incident.

It emerged yesterday they will face no criminal proceedings.

A Crown Office spokesman said :“Following full and careful consideration of the facts and circumstances of this case, Crown Counsel instructed that there should be no criminal proceedings at this time.”