Former Scottish first minister Alex Salmond has appeared in court accused of offences against ten women, including attempted rape and a series of sexual assaults.
The procedural hearing at the High Court in Edinburgh follows a previous court appearance in November, when he denied all 14 charges, and a trial date was set for March.
Mr Salmond is accused of attempting to rape a woman at Bute House, the official residence of the first minister of Scotland, during the independence referendum campaign.
The former MP and MSP is also accused of sexually assaulting a woman with intent to rape in December 2013.
Both incidents were said to have taken place between the date of the Edinburgh Agreement in 2012 and the day of the independence vote in September 2014.
Overall, the charges span from 29 June 2008 to 11 November 2014 - two months after he stepped down as first minister and SNP leader.
The first of the charges accuses Mr Salmond, who became first minister in 2007, of indecently assaulting a woman on various occasions around Glasgow between 29 June and 24 July 2008.
It is further alleged he sexually assaulted a woman on various occasions between May 2011 and June 2013 at the Scottish Parliament, Bute House and elsewhere.
He is also accused of taking off a woman's shoe and trying to kiss her foot in October 2013.
The indictment states that in September 2014, the month of the independence referendum, he grabbed a woman by her shoulders at Bute House, repeatedly kissed her face, tried to kiss her lips and touched her leg and face.
Several charges involve Mr Salmond allegedly groping women.
