A man accused of sexually assaulting an eight-year-old boy at a campsite in Scotland has died in prison.

John Bell, 44, was charged over an incident that took place at the Loch Ness Bay campsite in Drumnadrochit on 31 July.

Police were told a man had approached a boy in his tent between 12.20am and 1am, while his family were in a separate tent next to him.

The eight-year-old's father heard the incident and came out to see a man walking away from his son's tent, Police Scotland previously said.

Officers said the boy's father asked the suspect what he was doing, and that he replied to him before walking off.

Bell, of Grangemouth in Falkirk, had been remanded in custody at HMP Inverness. He made no plea during a court appearance in September.

He reportedly died in his cell.

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