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A drug user told police: "A guy who was related to the first minister asked if I wanted to buy some crack," a court has heard.

Ramsay El-Nakla, 37, the brother-in-law of former first minister Humza Yousaf, is on trial at the High Court in Edinburgh along with co-accused Stephen Stewart, 52, Jennifer Souter, 39, and Victoria McGowan, 43.

It follows the death of a man who fell from a window in a property on Morgan Street, Dundee , after allegedly being threatened.

El-Nakla is accused of extortion and dealing class A drugs , but does not face a charge in relation to the alleged killing of Ryan Munro on January 10, 2024.

Stewart, Souter and McGowan additionally face a charge specifically in relation to the death. All four deny the charges.

On Friday, a witness at the

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