A blue tent was set up in the front garden of the couple's house early on Wednesday morning, with police taping it off, while in the afternoon officers could be seen carrying spades in the back garden.He was arrested following a long-running police investigation into the spending of around £600,000 earmarked for Scottish independence campaigns.Murrell had stepped down as the Scottish National Party's chief executive last month following a controversy over journalists being given misleading information about party numbers.
The former First Minister was seen leaving her home in a black coloured Volvo. Police Scotland had confirmed a 58-year-old man was being held in custody in connection with an investigation into the funding and finances of the party.Įyewitnesses told The Telegraph that Ms Sturgeon was not at her property on the outskirts of Glasgow when police arrived. Nicola Sturgeon's husband Peter Murrell has been released without charge pending further investigation, Police Scotland said, after he was arrested earlier on Wednesday as part of a probe into the party’s finances.ĭetectives sealed off Mr Murrell's Glasgow home to search the property and also visited the SNP's headquarters in Edinburgh.
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