Former Scottish National Party (SNP) leader Nicola Sturgeon on Saturday spoke in public for the first time since her husband Peter Murrell was questioned about the party’s financial affairs.
Murrell, 58, who was the SNP’s chief executive until last month, was arrested on Wednesday morning in connection with a long-running Police Scotland investigation into the spending of about £600,000 ($749,000), which was raised by the SNP to fund its campaigning for Scottish independence.
He was released from custody the same evening “pending further investigation.”
Police also searched “a number of addresses,” including Sturgeon and Murrell’s home in Glasgow.
Officers from Police Scotland outside the home of former Chief Executive of the Scottish National Party (SNP) Peter Murrell, in Uddingston, Glasgow, on April 6, 2023. (Robert Perry/PA Media)
Speaking outside her home on Saturday, Sturgeon said she will fully cooperate with the police investigation, and asked reporters to respect her family and neighbours’ privacy….