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Michelle Thomson is the independent MP for Edinburgh West. She resigned the SNP whip when the allegations emerged. Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA
Libby Brooks and agencies Wednesday 14 December 2016 08.24 GMT
The MP Michelle Thomson has been reported to Scottish prosecutors after a police investigation into alleged mortgage fraud.
Police Scotland said on Tuesday that a report had been submitted to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (Copfs).
The solicitor Christopher Hales, who is being investigated by Police Scotland, was struck off by the Scottish Solicitors' Discipline Tribunal in 2014 in connection with several transactions carried out by a property company in which Thomson was a partner from 2010 to 2011.
Last year, prosecutors instructed police to carry out an investigation into "alleged irregularities" relating to property deals in those years.
Thomson, who withdrew herself from the Scottish National party whip at Westminster, suspending her party membership, after details of the investigation emerged, has denied any wrongdoing.
A Copfs spokesman said: "The procurator fiscal has received a report concerning four men aged 48, 56, 59 and 59, and one woman aged 51, in relation to alleged incidents between 16 June 2010 and 26 July 2011.
"The report remains under the consideration of the procurator fiscal."
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I'm not a victim. I'm a survivor,' MP Michelle Thomson tells Commons video
Rowena Mason Deputy political editor Thursday 8 December 2016 15.13 GMT
A Scottish MP has told a House of Commons debate on violence against women that she was raped at the age of 14, moving colleagues to tears and declaring: "I'm not a victim. I'm a survivor."
Michelle Thomson, who was elected as an SNP member but withdrew from the party whip last year, told parliament: "When I was 14, I was raped.
"As is common, it was by somebody who was known to me. He had offered to walk me home from a youth event and in those days everybody walked everywhere. It was quite common to do that.
"It was early evening. It wasn't dark. I was wearing I'm imagining, I'm guessing jeans and a sweatshirt. He told me he wanted to show me something in a wooded area and at that point, I must admit, I was alarmed. I did have a warning bell but I overrode that warning bell because I knew him and therefore there was a level of trust in place.
"To be honest, looking back, at that point I don't think I knew what rape was. It was not something that was talked about."
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MP Michelle Thomson reported to prosecutors over alleged mortgage fraud
Thomson, who is suspended from the SNP, is one of five people reported to Scottish prosecutors in relation to property dealsMichelle Thomson is the independent MP for Edinburgh West. She resigned the SNP whip when the allegations emerged. Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA
Libby Brooks and agencies Wednesday 14 December 2016 08.24 GMT
The MP Michelle Thomson has been reported to Scottish prosecutors after a police investigation into alleged mortgage fraud.
Police Scotland said on Tuesday that a report had been submitted to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (Copfs).
The solicitor Christopher Hales, who is being investigated by Police Scotland, was struck off by the Scottish Solicitors' Discipline Tribunal in 2014 in connection with several transactions carried out by a property company in which Thomson was a partner from 2010 to 2011.
Last year, prosecutors instructed police to carry out an investigation into "alleged irregularities" relating to property deals in those years.
Thomson, who withdrew herself from the Scottish National party whip at Westminster, suspending her party membership, after details of the investigation emerged, has denied any wrongdoing.
A Copfs spokesman said: "The procurator fiscal has received a report concerning four men aged 48, 56, 59 and 59, and one woman aged 51, in relation to alleged incidents between 16 June 2010 and 26 July 2011.
"The report remains under the consideration of the procurator fiscal."
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MP Michelle Thomson says she was raped aged 14
Politician moves colleagues to tears as she describes her experience during Commons debate on violence against womenI'm not a victim. I'm a survivor,' MP Michelle Thomson tells Commons video
Rowena Mason Deputy political editor Thursday 8 December 2016 15.13 GMT
A Scottish MP has told a House of Commons debate on violence against women that she was raped at the age of 14, moving colleagues to tears and declaring: "I'm not a victim. I'm a survivor."
Michelle Thomson, who was elected as an SNP member but withdrew from the party whip last year, told parliament: "When I was 14, I was raped.
"As is common, it was by somebody who was known to me. He had offered to walk me home from a youth event and in those days everybody walked everywhere. It was quite common to do that.
"It was early evening. It wasn't dark. I was wearing I'm imagining, I'm guessing jeans and a sweatshirt. He told me he wanted to show me something in a wooded area and at that point, I must admit, I was alarmed. I did have a warning bell but I overrode that warning bell because I knew him and therefore there was a level of trust in place.
"To be honest, looking back, at that point I don't think I knew what rape was. It was not something that was talked about."
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Martin Luther King - "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
Albert Camus - "The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion".
Douglas MacArthur — "Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons."
Albert Camus - "Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear."
Albert Camus - "The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion".
Douglas MacArthur — "Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons."
Albert Camus - "Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear."