Nicola Sturgeon's Husband Arrested In SNP Finance Probe
April 5, 2023
The husband of Scotland's former first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has been arrested in connection with a police investigation into the funding and finances of the Scottish National Party (SNP).
Police Scotland said a 58-year-old man, understood to be Peter Murrell, is in custody and being questioned by detectives.
Officers are also carrying out searches at several addresses as part of the investigation.
The police investigation is looking at what happened to more than £600,000 pounds ($748,920) raised by Scottish independence campaigners in 2017, which was supposed to have been ring-fenced for spending on that issue but was missing from party's filed accounts.
A report will be sent to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service.
Mr Murrell resigned as SNP chief executive in March amid reports that members of the party's National Executive Committee threatened a vote of no-confidence.
Mr Murrell, who became the party’s chief executive in 1999, issued a statement at the time saying “responsibility for the SNP’s responses to media queries about our membership number lies with me as chief executive.
It came after the party lost 30,000 members in just over a year.
“While there was no intent to mislead, I accept that this has been the outcome. I have, therefore, decided to confirm my intention to step down as chief executive with immediate effect”.
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