Former UK ambassador sentenced to eight months in jail over Salmond trial blog posts
Craig Murray sentenced for contempt of court after online articles risked identifying complainers - but will not go to prison straight away
11 May 2021 • 12:19pm
Former British Ambassador to Uzbekistan Craig Murray addresses Julian Assange supporters at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London
Credit: Julian Simmonds/ Julian Simmonds
A former diplomat who published information which could have identified four women who gave evidence against Alex Salmond has been given an eight month prison sentence.
Judge Lady Dorrian told Craig Murray, 62, that his actions struck at the “heart of the administration of justice.”