A SHAMED ex-teacher who called Nicola Sturgeon “a drooling hag” has landed a job with a Tory MSP.

Kathleen Leslie, 42, is a parly aide to Bill Bowman despite agreeing to be struck off as a Miss over her Twitter jibes at the Nats leader.

3 Kathleen Leslie has been hired by a Tory MSP

News of her taxpayer-funded post with the North East Scotland MSP sparked fury.

A senior SNP source said: “Kathleen Leslie is unfit to teach kids, but the Tories think she is fit to serve the public.

"You have to question the thinking.”

Former history teacher Leslie tagged the then-Deputy First Minister in November 2013 rants including: “Wee Jimmy Krankie is a drooling hag.”

3 The First Minister was targeted by the tweets Credit: AFP or licensors

3 She compared Ms Sturgeon to Jimmy Krankie Credit: Michael Schofield - The Sun Glasgow

She also branded her a “horror show”.

She resigned from the General Teaching Council for Scotland register in 2017 after a probe.

The scandal emerged months after she was elected as a Tory councillor in Fife.

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The party said: “Councillor Leslie is working part-time as an administrative assistant.”

chris.musson@the-sun.co.uk

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