Former Labour MSP Colin Smyth is expected to appear in court on charges of drink-driving and causing crashes on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh.
Smyth, who represented South Scotland before the last election, is due to appear at the city’s sheriff court on Wednesday.
He has been charged with driving at excessive speed when he mounted the pavement and narrowly missed a pedestrian on November 2, 2025.
Smyth is said to have collided with a parked car and electric bollards outside the city chambers on the same day.
The offences are alleged to have taken place on the High Street in Edinburgh last year.
He is further charged with being more than twice the legal alcohol limit.
Smyth, 53, was first elected as an MSP in 2016 and returned to Holyrood again at the 2021 election.
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Scottish Labour withdrew the whip from him in August last year.
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