Scottish Tory minister David Mundell hit by key lime pie

The junior Scotland Office minister was hit with a key lime pie after being picketed at the university town of St Andrews as he made a private visit for a Tory cheese and wine event. It is understood David Mundell, Scotland's only Tory MP, is not pursuing a complaint. Fife police arrived after the incident and stopped and held about 10 of the demonstrators for questioning, taking their addresses before releasing them without charge. A Tory spokesman said the meeting was a pre-election rally for Miles Briggs, the candidate for north east Fife in May's Scottish parliamentary election. He said: "David is unfazed, got cleaned up and got on with it. Incident closed." One of the anti-cuts protesters, Hassan Ahmed, said: "Someone had some sort of fruit pie and he approached Mundell and squashed it down on his head."