Former Artemis head of communications Leckie convicted of assault

Placed on supervision

James Baxter-Derrington
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Former Artemis Investment Management head of communications Peter Ross Leckie, who worked for the group for 14 years, was convicted last month of assaulting his wife.

Leckie was sentenced on Wednesday 27 July after a trial in June in which he faced ten allegations of abusive behaviour, all of which he denied.  He was found guilty of four charges by a jury following a trial at Edinburgh Sheriff Court, including two counts of assault and two of behaving in a threatening or abusive manner towards his wife. The charges spanned a period from 2012 to 2018. The couple later divorced in 2019. The sheriff imposed a ten-year non-harassment order, banning Leckie from approaching or contacting his ex-wife or entering their former home. Leckie was also place...

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