Sister of Nicola Sturgeon arrested over alleged domestic incident

The mother-of-two has been released on an undertaking to appear at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court at a later date yet to be confirmed

Police said Gillian Sturgeon has been charged in relation to an incident on August 7 (Jane Barlow/PA)

The sister of Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has been arrested and charged over an alleged domestic incident.

Gillian Sturgeon, 46, was arrested on Wednesday over an alleged incident at a house in Kilwinning, North Ayrshire, on Saturday August 7.