Forbes pictured outside his home in April of this year.
Farmer Michael Forbes has been named 'Top Scot' at this year's Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Awards.
The 60-year-old sprung to fame earlier this year as the unlikely star of 'You've Been Trumped', a documentary charting the contentious development of property mogul Donald Trump's multi-million dollar resort project on the Aberdeenshire coast.
Forbes, whom Trump famously accused of living 'like a pig', galvanised local resistance to the project by refusing to vacate his property and engaging in a number of high-profile, if ultimately unsuccessful, demonstrations.
His activity is alleged to have made him the target of a lengthy campaign of intimidation organised by Trump surrogates acting with the tacit endorsement of both the Aberdeenshire police and local authority representatives.
The first 'non-celebrity' to claim the honour, Forbes' claimed the public poll by what organisers described as 'a clear margin'. Other award winners on the night included tennis star Andy Murray and six-time Olympic medallist Sir Chris Hoy.
Conor Nagle
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