{"id":63346,"date":"2025-09-19T15:34:39","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T15:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/minister-jamie-hepburn-resigns-after-assault-claim\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T15:34:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T15:34:41","slug":"minister-jamie-hepburn-resigns-after-assault-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/news\/minister-jamie-hepburn-resigns-after-assault-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister Jamie Hepburn resigns after assault claim"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Scottish government minister Jamie Hepburn has resigned after he was accused of physically assaulting the Conservative MSP Douglas Ross. <\/p>\n

Ross said the parliament minister grabbed him and swore aggressively as he left the Holyrood chamber on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Hepburn said he put his hand on the former Conservative leader’s shoulder and used some “choice words”.<\/p>\n

The resignation came hours after Ross formally complained about the SNP MSP’s conduct in a letter to first minister John Swinney.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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In his resignation letter, Hepburn wrote: “Irrespective of whether or not the Ministerial Code has been breached, even if there had been no complaint made, I believe I have not acted in accordance with my own personal code of practice. <\/p>\n

“This decision is one that I feel is for the best in these circumstances and the one that for my own part feel is the appropriate course of action.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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