HE was a high-flying councillor tipped for big things in the world of politics.
But now Craig Melville’s life has been destroyed after he was convicted of sending “reckless rather than threatening” racist texts to his former lover.
Ex-SNP member Melville, 37, was found guilty after trial at Dundee Sheriff Court of sending the hateful texts to colleague Nadia El-Nakla in which he blamed “horrible murdering Islamic *****” for the Paris terrorist attacks in 2015.
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