Aberdeen City councillor Willie Young has been reprimanded by watchdogs after he accidentally leaked confidential legal advice about the controversial Marischal Square project.
The finance convener was grilled today by the Standards Commission after he referred himself to the body for mistakenly sending a private e-mail to Fraser Garrow, who is against the £107million scheme.
Mr Young had intended to send the information to his former council colleague, Fraser Forsyth, and was accused of breaching paragraph 3.14 of the Councillors’ Code of Conduct on confidentiality requirements.
The Bridge of Don Labour member has previously faced the commission on two occasions after being accused of lying about a claim that suspending the Marischal Square development would cost the city £100million in fines.
He and six other prominent councillors were also called on to explain the distribution of pro-Union letters with council tax bills during the run up to last year’s independence referendum.
But Mr Young was cleared of any wrongdoing on both counts.
At a hearing today at the city’s Town House, Mr Young was censured by the Standards Commission after he was found to be in breach of the charge against him.