A former Dundee councillor has been charged with sending racist text messages to a fellow party activist.

Craig Melville was forced to quit as a Dundee City councillor in February and was suspended by the SNP from his duties as an aide to Dundee East MP Stewart Hosie.

It was claimed Melville sent a number of texts to an unnamed woman Muslim activist within the SNP the day after the Paris terror attacks last November.

A complaint was initially made to police on January 18 and now the former Maryfield councillor has been charged.

A spokeswoman for Police Scotland said: "Police can confirm that a 35-year-old man has been charged.

"A report will now be submitted to the procurator fiscal."

Meanwhile, a separate investigation by the Commissioner for Ethical Standards in Public Life for Scotland into Melville has been dropped.

A spokesman for the Commissioner said: "I can confirm there is no ongoing investigation relating to a complaint about former Dundee City Councillor Craig Melville."