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THE SCOTTISH Tories disowned a Holyrood hopeful yesterday after we revealed he is facing three criminal trials in the next three months.

Robbie Gordon Munro is due in the dock on separate charges of fighting, stalking and assaulting a woman with a garage door.

Munro, 30, is contesting the Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch seat for the Conservatives in the Scottish Parliament elections on May 5.

And party officials desperately tried to get him removed from their candidate list after the Record informed them of the pending criminal proceedings.

The deadline to register with the Electoral Commission was 4pm yesterday and they scrambled to find a replacement candidate after we tipped them off at 1pm.

But they couldn’t get the forms completed on time – so Munro will appear on the ballot paper as the Tory candidate for the constituency and on the Highlands regional list.

Leader Ruth Davidson’s team had no idea about Munro’s background, despite strict rules saying potential candidates must declare anything that could embarrass the party.

The shambles will raise questions about the vetting procedures that allowed Munro’s name to be put forward in the first place.

A Scottish Conservative spokesman said: “Mr Munro was a late replacement for our original candidate in the Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch seat, whose illness prevented him from standing.

“He therefore did not go through the same rigorous vetting process as every other candidate in Scotland.

“After the Record contacted us about these allegations, we are withdrawing our support for his candidacy.”​

(Image: PETER JOLLY NORTHPIX)

Munro – a former officer in the Royal Navy and ex-Ross County youth coach – is due in the dock at Inverness Sheriff Court less than three weeks after Scotland goes to the polls.

We cannot publish his picture for legal reasons but we can report that he is accused of assaulting Karen MacLellan on November 21 last year.

The charge says he struck her on the body with a garage door and tried to seize her by the body at Smith’s Garage in the Ross-shire village of Contin.

William Rose, 52, of nearby Maryburgh, is alleged to have assaulted Munro by kicking him on the body and causing him to fall on the ground.

The trial is scheduled for May 24.

The following month Munro, of Contin, is due to face trial on charges of stalking William Rose between January 1, 2011, and June 18, 2015, at Smith’s Garage, Contin.

He is said to have removed drain covers from the property, behaved in an aggressive manner, placed barriers to prevent access, attended uninvited, kept premises under observation and made false complaints to police.

A separate charge covering the same time-frame concerns land surrounding Smithy Croft, Contin.

Munro is said to have taken photos of Walter Finlayson, Colin Finlayson and Catherine Finlayson, made false reports to police, padlocked a gate, presented them with invoices, removed fencing, kept them under observation and behaved in an aggressive manner.

The third case, scheduled for April 6, concerns an alleged incident on the A835 near Smith’s Garage on July 13 last year.

The charge says Munro behaved in a threatening or abusive manner and engaged in a fight.

His co-accused Ronald Norton, of nearby Tarvie, pled guilty to a similar charge and was fined £150 at Inverness Sheriff Court in January.

Away from the campaign trail, Munro manages a family computer supplies business in Dingwall.

After we contacted Munro yesterday, his dad Gordon sent us an email branding the candidate’s accusers “pernicious lying people” who he claimed “are now trying desperately to defame my son and my family”.