Man charged by police for staring at Scotland's Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon

A man has been charged by police for staring at Deputy First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon in her office.

Dogan Arslan, 47, is accused of staring at the SNP politician and her constituency office in Glasgow’s Pollokshaws Road from a parked car outside. Arslan, from the city’s Battlefield, is alleged to have carried out the offence between last October and December.



He is due to appear at the city’s sheriff court this week where he’s accused of causing “fear and alarm” to people including Sturgeon. Court papers say he “repeatedly loitered” within a car and stared at the office and Sturgeon.

The case will be heard in front of a sheriff only and no jury. Sturgeon, 43, from Irvine, Ayrshire, has been Deputy First Minister since 2007 and deputy leader of the Scottish National Party since 2004.