Police probe threats sent to Jim Sillars

Jim Sillars described the threats as 'water off a duck's back'. Picture: Julie Bull

POLICE are investigating after Jim Sillars, husband of the late MSP Margo Macdonald, was the target of sinister threats in Fife.

A handwritten note posted through the door of a Yes Scotland campaign office in Rosyth warned: “Tell Sillars to stay out of West Fife if he values his health.”

The scrawled note went on to say: “Thank f*** Margo the mouth is dead”.

Another message written on a Scottish Government pro-independence leaflet said: “We want you b******* out of Fife. Watch your backs”.

The note on the leaflet was signed “Scots Vets anti-SNP group”.

Mr Sillars described whoever was behind the threat as “nutcases” and said he had “no intention of staying out of any part of Scotland”.

He added: “I never worry about what people say about Margo and me. It’s water off a duck’s back.”

The notes were posted through the door of the Yes campaign office in Admiralty Road in Rosyth on Tuesday evening.

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “We can confirm we received a complaint and we are in the very early stages of investigating.”