Nicola Sturgeon has likened her recent arrest as "mental torture", with Scotland's former First Minister opening up on intimate details ahead of the publication of her forthcoming memoir. Loading audio...

Among other revelations contained within the book, Ms Sturgeon describes her reaction to widespread rumours of a "torrid lesbian affair” in 2020 with Catherine Colonna, the French ambassador to the UK at the time.

In an excerpt of her new memoir, Frankly, published by The Times, the former First Minister of Scotland discusses how she thought about disappearing into the North Sea during the police investigation against her and her then-husband.

Describing it as some of the hardest moments of her life, she also discusses her confections over motherhood and sexuality.

Being arrested and

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