Crime & Courts AS IT HAPPENED: The Alex Salmond trial Day 8 By Paul Malik March 18 2020, 10:13 am March 18 2020, 10:13 am Share AS IT HAPPENED: The Alex Salmond trial Day 8 Share via Facebook Twitter Whatsapp Messenger Linkedin Email Post link https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/crime-courts/2082409/live-the-alex-salmond-trial-day-8/ Copy Link Former First Minister Alex Salmond is on trial accused of a string of sexual assaults and attempted rape. The trial, in front of Lady Dorrian and a 15-strong jury, began at the High Court in Edinburgh on Monday March 9. Salmond, 65, of Strichen, Aberdeenshire, denies all charges against him, having submitted a plea of not guilty. Follow the Day 8 evidence as it happened: