Former British ambassador Craig Murray handed himself over to UK police on Sunday to serve an eight-month prison term for contempt of court.
Britain's former ambassador to Uzbekistan, Craig Murray arrives at St Leonard's Police Station in Edinburgh on August 1, 2021 to begin his sentence. Photo: AFPFormer British ambassador Craig Murray handed himself over to UK police on Sunday to serve an eight-month prison term for contempt of court after his appeal was rejected.
Murray, formerly ambassador to Uzbekistan, was convicted in May over blogs and tweets about the sexual assault trial of Scotland’s former first minister Alex Salmond. The 62-year-old hugged his family members and supporters, who sang “Auld Lang Syne” outside a police station in Edinburgh as he arrived to begin his sentence.He was convicted after a judge ruled that, put together, his posts made it possible to identify four women who were witnesses at Salmond’s trial last year, breaking Scottish law. The UK Supreme Court refused to hear his appeal.
The blog posts and tweets had remained online despite Murray having been warned of the risk of the women being identified.
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