Former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s husband Peter Murrell has been released as a police probe continues into the finances of the ruling Scottish National Party (SNP).
Murrell, who married Sturgeon in 2010, stepped down as the SNP’s chief executive last month following controversy about misleading information being given to journalists over the party’s membership numbers.
The 58-year-old 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.”…