56 minutes ago Suzanne Allan, BBC Scotland News and Graeme Ogston, BBC Scotland News PA Media Jordan Linden was sentenced at Falkirk Sheriff Court A former SNP council leader has been jailed for 18 months for sexually assaulting five young men. Jordan Linden, who stood down as leader of North Lanarkshire Council in 2022 after the allegations emerged, was convicted in March following a seven-day trial. The 30-year-old was also found guilty of directing unwanted sexual communications towards seven teenagers, the youngest aged 14. Passing sentence at Falkirk Sheriff Court, Sheriff Christopher Shead also placed Linden on the sex offenders register. The trial heard that the sexual communications included photos of Linden in a bath and shots of his genitalia. The offences took place over a 10-year period from 2011 until 2021. Linden was found not guilty of a sixth charge of sexual assault and was also acquitted of five other charges of stalking and sexual communication.…