A SCOTTISH Conservative councillor has been arrested and charged over alleged child sex offences.
Michael Green is a Tory councillor for the Glenrothes North, Leslie and Markinch ward on Fife Council.
He has been charged with two offences, one in 2006 and one in 2011.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “A 70-year-old man has been arrested and charged with two separate incidents of non-recent sexual offences against children, that took place in 2006 and 2011 in the Glenrothes and Leslie areas.
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“He has been released on an undertaking to appear at court at a later date. A report will be submitted to the procurator fiscal.”
A spokesperson for the Scottish Conservatives said Green has been suspended from the party.
They said: “Councillor Mick Green was suspended when we became aware of a police investigation that resulted in charges being made.”
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