Scottish leader

LONDON: Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon misled a parliamentary committee investigating an explosive sexual harassment scandal against her predecessor, Alex Salmond, it found on Tuesday.

But the panel deferred to another probe that said she did not breach the ministerial code, a decision which has staved off calls for her to quit and may clear the way for her to lead her party in elections in May. The row involving two of the biggest names in the independence movement has dominated Scottish politics, with indications it has undermined support for the country to go its own way.