Nicola Sturgeon’s husband Peter Murrell arrested in SNP finance investigation Operation Branchform

Описание: NICOLA Sturgeon's husband Peter Murrell has been arrested amid a police probe into the SNP's finances.

The 58-year-old former Nats chief executive is currently being questioned by detectives as they carry out searches at different properties

Officers swooped on the couple's home, near Glasgow, as part of their investigation into the SNP's funding and finances today.

Images show police at the scene in Uddingston this morning.

We told how Nats chiefs have been under investigation over the past 18 months after questions over nearly £500,000 of “missing” cash from an IndyRef2 online crowdfunder in 2017.

The cops’ Operation Branchform was launched in July 2021 amid anger from some activists that money raised in 2017 - which the SNP said was specifically for a referendum campaign - was spent on other things.

It's also claimed a £107,620 loan in 2021 from former chief exec Mr Murrell to bail out the Nats from “cash flow” issues is also being looked at by police as part of the investigation.

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: "A 58-year-old man has today, Wednesday, 5 April 2023, 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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