Scotland’s Chief Constable has defended his officers, after a video of an incident in Aberdeen went viral. 

Footage widely shared on social media, appears to show a confrontation between cops and a number of people inside a house on Wednesday night.

Police say they were responding to a report of an “ongoing party in breach of coronavirus regulations”. 

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Children can be heard screaming, and one woman can be heard saying: "It is my house, get out of my house. I did not ask you in here."

An officer can be heard to say: "We could have forced the door if you didn't open it."

The woman tells him: "I am the woman of this land." And then then told the police officer "get your f***ing body out of my f***ing house."

At one point it seems as if the incident has become physical.

Two women, aged 18 and 48, and a 43-year-old man were charged in connection with assaulting police officers and threatening and abusive behaviour, according to Police Scotland.

Speaking at the Scottish Government’s coronavirus briefing on Friday, Chief Constable, Iain Livingstone said he had been briefed on the incident but he has asked for a full review of the circumstances.

He said: “As things stand at this time, I’m satisfied about the legitimacy and the proportionality of the police response.”

He said he was limited in what he could say for legal reasons, adding: “Police did respond to concerned calls from members of the public about what appeared to be an ongoing house party.

“Officers then attended at the address that had been identified and at that time spoke to the occupants.

“Now what’s come out of those circumstances is that three adults have been charged with crimes of violence and crimes of public disorder.”

Saying the incident was also recorded by police body cameras, the chief constable continued: “I would urge everybody to exercise caution when you see a partial coverage of a particular incident.

“Do not read into things that you can’t see and do not make inferences that are not clearly there.

“I don’t think it’s fair to everybody involved and it does generate concern which may not be legitimate.”

He said John Scott QC, the human rights lawyer who is reviewing Police Scotland’s use of new coronavirus powers, will also look into the incident.

Sturgeon said that in general, “all of us these days know that we have to take some care when looking at things on social media, just remembering that things often don’t look exactly as the reality is”.

Meanwhile, Police Scotland figures show they issued more than 300 fines for Covid breaches during the new year period.

A total of 326 fixed penalties were handed out between 28 December and 3 January, while a further 21 people were arrested over the same period.

The number of people fined over new year was down slightly on the previous week (341 people were issued with fixed penalty notices between 16 and 27 December, while 18 were arrested).

The majority of Scots were said to have heeded warnings to hold Hogmanay celebrations at home with household members.

But official figures show that - in addition to the arrests and fines - 858 people were asked to disperse by officers on 31 December and 1 January, including seven who were dispersed using "reasonable force".