SNP Leader's Rise & Fall: Sexual Misconduct Scandal

0:00A former SNP bigwig named Lyndon just got convicted on five counts of sexual assault against young guys, plus other charges for unwanted sexual messages to teens from 2011 to 2021. This 30-year-old rose quick in the party's youth wing, even chairing the youth parliament in 2015. Back in 2016, the SNP youth group launched an investigation into his sexual misconduct claims and their chief execs straight up told. Peter Morel, the party's top boss at the time, explicit picks of Lyndon had already leaked among members, forcing him to step down that year. Folks are reeling from how he bounced back anyway. A law firm cleared him, he won a council seat in North Lanarkshire in 2017 and by. 2022, he was leading the whole council before resigning two months later over fresh harassment allegations. Now SNP leader John Swinney's apologized to the victims and kicked off an independent review of the party's complaint handling to make it airtight. And SNP reps says they've already reviewed procedures since 2016

1:04and welcomed the guilty verdict, praising the brave souls who spoke out. This saga's pushing this SNP to tighten up for good, ensuring no one slips through the cracks like this again. That wraps NBura News today, brought to you with AI. I'm Corey with The Story.