Nicola Sturgeon: Former SNP leader is arrested in police probe into party finances

By PA Reporter
Published 11th Jun 2023, 15:03 BST
Updated 11th Jun 2023, 15:03 BST
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Nicola Sturgeon has been arrested in the police investigation into the SNP’s finances.

Police Scotland said she is in custody and is being questioned by detectives.

The force said: “A 52-year-old woman has today, Sunday, June 11, been arrested as a suspect in connection with the ongoing investigation into the funding and finances of the Scottish National Party.”

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The former first minister’s arrest comes after her husband Peter Murrell was arrested in April.

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Mr Murrell and MSP Colin Beattie, who was SNP treasurer at the time, were both released without charge pending further inquiry.

As well as the arrests, searches were carried out at a number of properties, including Mr Murrell and Ms Sturgeon’s home – where a police tent was erected in the garden – and SNP headquarters in Edinburgh.

The investigation – dubbed Operation Branchform – began in 2021.