Nicola Sturgeon has challenged Alex Salmond to prove there was a conspiracy against him as she said he made claims "without a shred of evidence". Mr Salmond will give evidence this week to a Holyrood inquiry into the government's mishandling of harassment complaints against him. He said he has "documentary evidence" of a "malicious and concerted" attempt to remove him from public life. However, the Scottish First Minister said his claims of a.
Former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond has cancelled his blockbuster testimony at Holyrood inquiry
Mr Salmond had been expected to give evidence about botched handling of sex assault claims against him
Scottish Parliament redacted most damning parts of his already-published evidence against Nicola Sturgeon
Ex-First Minister accuses Ms Sturgeon of lying about when she knew of a probe into sex assault claims
His allies also claim Ms Sturgeon s allies cooked up sex assault claims in plot to prevent his political comeback