A Scottish government minister has quit after being accused of assaulting and verbally abusing a former leader of the Tories in Scotland.

MSP Douglas Ross made the allegation about parliamentary business minister Jamie Hepburn at the end of First Minister's Questions (FMQs) on Thursday.

Mr Hepburn said in his resignation letter that he had "not acted in accordance with my own personal code of practice".

He added: "There is no denying that my interaction with Douglas Ross fell well short of that standard."

Image: Jamie Hepburn(c) Minister for Independence listens to First Minister Humza Yousaf deliver a speech on the Scottish economy and independence,

Mr Hepburn, MSP for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, has held numerous roles within the Scottish government, and was most recently minister fo

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