A former mounted police officer is seeking £1m damages after she was injured when her horse fell on her as she was on duty at a football match.

Alison Scott, 50, is seeking compensation for serious injuries she sustained after her right leg became trapped under the animal.

She has been unable to return to operational duties as an officer since the incident near Hampden in March 2013.

Ms Scott has now raised an action against former Police Scotland chief constable Phil Gormley, claiming that her mount, Tobermory, had a history of behavioural issues, including unpredictability, aggression and falls.

At the Court of Session in Edinburgh on Wednesday, Ms Scott said she was part of a mounted detail when her horse kicked out at another police horse, striking its hind leg and drawing blood.

She said she later tried to move Tobermory out of the line of horses on duty at the CIS cup final to prevent further incident but as she did so "he suddenly and without warning lost his footing and fell over".

Tobermory was later sent to a horse welfare centre in Deeside but fell again and had to be put down in 2015.

Ms Scott, from South Ayrshire, said she was medically retired from her job as a police officer in 2014.

The court heard she has also been unable to take part in show jumping competitions which she regularly entered before her injury.

The former chief constable said she was a trained and experienced rider within the mounted branch and the service fulfilled all its common law duties to her.

A full hearing in the action is due to begin next week.