No crime was committed in the creation of an effigy mocking former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond at this year’s Lewes Bonfire.

Sussex Police received a number of complaints about the portrayal of former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond as an effigy at the Lewes bonfire event on Wednesday November 5.

The force presented the complaints to the Crown Prosecution Service and the body has now declared that no criminal offence occurred.

A Sussex Police spokesman said: “Effigies have long been a tradition at the annual event, with high-profile politicians and celebrities who have recently been in the news being featured in bonfire society processions.

“The event organisers have made it clear that there was no intention to cause insult to anyone or any particular country by the choice of effigy: simply that the person chosen has been a popular media figure in the preceding 12 months.”