A civil servant in the Scottish Government said Alex Salmond kissed her on the mouth at Bute House in Edinburgh.

The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, told the High Court in Edinburgh today (Thursday) she was "completely taken aback" by the incident in November 2013.

Giving evidence on the fourth day of the trial, she added: "I was preparing to leave and the First Minister kissed me on the mouth, then smiled at me and said 'goodnight'."

Former First Minister Alex Salmond arrives at Edinburgh High Court this morning on day four of his trial

When asked if she had invited him to kiss her or agreed to him kissing her, she added: "No, absolutely not.

"I was not given the opportunity to agree, but had I been given the opportunity, I would not have done so."

The woman said that on another evening at Bute House, Salmond had got on top of her on a bed, kissed her "sloppily and haphazardly" and murmured that she was irresistible.

She added: "I don't recall exactly what happened for those first few seconds but then I was lying with my feet, I think, still on the ground but lying across the foot of the bed.

"The First Minister was lying on top of me, he had his hands under the skirt of my dress and ran them over my thighs and my bottom.

"He was also running his hands over the bodice of my dress and over my breasts.

"He was kissing me around my face, quite sloppily and haphazardly, and he was repeatedly murmuring a phrase - it was something like 'you're irresistible'."

The woman said the pair had been working when Salmond brought out a bottle of spirits.

She told the court that while she had drunk a little, Salmond had drank "steadily" and kept trying to top up her glass.

She added: "I had a little, the first minister had had rather more."

When she had got up to leave, she said Salmond had told her "firmly" but not "aggressively" to get on the bed.

She added: "I felt quite panicked, this was very much within a working environment and culture where we do whatever it is that the First Minister asks of you."

The woman said that when Salmond was on top of her she thought he was going to "take things further".

She added: "That there would be progression, progression in the sense of trying to remove his own clothes or taking things further.

"For example, I thought that he was going to remove my tights and my underwear, that he would be pushing the encounter physically further."

Mr Salmond faces 14 allegations, including sexual assault and attempted rape, against ten women.

He denies all the charges.

The trial continues.

Alex Salmond trial: Woman said he murmured 'you're irresistable'