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☆ Nicola Sturgeon’s Husband Is Charged in Party Finance Inquiry
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( Stephen Castle | More About Stephen Castle | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Peter Murrell, the husband of Scotland’s former first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, was charged on Thursday in connection with embezzlement of funds from the Scottish National Party, which she once led and where he once held a senior position. The announcement, which follows a lengthy inquiry by the Scottish police, is another blow to the party, which controls the Scottish government and campaigns for independence. The party was thrown into turmoil after Ms. Sturgeon’s surprise resignation last year. After her departure as first minister, Ms. Sturgeon was also arrested as part of the investigation into her party’s finances, but she was released and has not been charged. Mr. Murrell, 59, who has been married to Ms. Sturgeon since 2010, became the S.N.P.’s chief executive in 1999 and resigned from the role in February 2023.

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☆ Scotland's leader won't suspend Nicola Sturgeon from party after arrest
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-12 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/4] Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon attends her last First Minster's Questions at the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood, in Edinburgh, Scotland, Britain, March 23, 2023. REUTERS/Russell CheyneLONDON, June 12 (Reuters) - Scotland's First Minister Humza Yousaf said on Monday he would not suspend his predecessor Nicola Sturgeon after her arrest as part of a police inquiry into the finances of the governing, pro-independence Scottish National Party (SNP). "I see no reason to suspend their membership," Yousaf told the BBC. After she was released on Sunday, Sturgeon said she had committed no offence and was innocent of wrongdoing. Angus MacNeil, one of the SNP’s longest-serving members of the British parliament, said on Sunday Sturgeon should be suspended.

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☆ Former Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon arrested over SNP funding probe
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-11 | by ( Kylie Maclellan | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

The arrest is deeply embarrassing for the SNP, which has dominated Scottish politics for most of the last two decades. Sturgeon stood down earlier this year and support for the party and its aim of independence has since dropped. "Nicola Sturgeon has today, Sunday 11th June, by arrangement with Police Scotland, attended an interview where she was to be arrested and questioned," a spokesperson for Sturgeon said. Opposition parties have accused the SNP of being mired in scandal and too focused on independence to govern Scotland properly. The Labour Party's Scotland spokesperson Ian Murray said there was a culture of "secrecy and cover-up" in the SNP.

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☆ Ex-Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon arrested by police investigating governing party’s finances
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-11 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Nicola Sturgeon speaking during a press conference at Bute House in Edinburgh where she announced she will stand down as First Minister of Scotland on February 15, 2023 in Edinburgh, United Kingdom. Former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon was arrested Sunday by police investigating the finances of the governing, pro-independence Scottish National Party. Police Scotland said a 52-year-old woman was detained "as a suspect in connection with the ongoing investigation into the funding and finances of the Scottish National Party." The BBC and other media outlets identified the arrested woman as Sturgeon. Sturgeon unexpectedly resigned in February after eight years as party leader and first minister of Scotland's semi-autonomous government.

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CNN —Scotland’s former first minister Nicola Sturgeon has been arrested as part of the police investigation into the finances of the Scottish National Party (SNP), the most high-profile SNP official yet to be questioned in the probe. But since standing down, the party she led for almost a decade has descended into chaos amid a widely publicized police investigation. Officers have been probing the SNP’s handling of money that was slated for Scottish independence campaigning, according to PA Media. Sturgeon was replaced as leader this year when Humza Yousaf narrowly won a bitter leadership election that exposed divisions within the party. The chaos and legal questions surrounding the party could put its stranglehold on Scottish politics at risk, with the pro-union Labour Party eying a resurgence in the nation.

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☆ Husband of ex-Scottish leader arrested, British media reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-05 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Scotland's former first minister and leader of the Scottish National Party, Nicola Sturgeon, with her husband Peter Murrell in 2019. The husband of former Scottish first minister and Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon has been arrested in a party finance probe, British media reported Wednesday. Police in Scotland did not identify Peter Murrell as the 58-year old man arrested Wednesday "in connection with the ongoing investigation into the funding and finances of the Scottish National Party." Sturgeon, 52, announced her resignation in February after eight years as party leader and first minster of Scotland's semi-autonomous government. The Scottish government wants to hold a referendum next October with the question "Should Scotland be an independent country?"

☆ Police Scotland say man arrested as part of investigation into SNP funding
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

LONDON, April 5 (Reuters) - Police Scotland said on Wednesday a 58-year-old man had been arrested as part of investigation into Scottish National Party's funding and the BBC reported the man was the husband of the former Scotland leader Nicola Sturgeon. The BBC said Peter Murrell, 58, was taken into police custody on Wednesday morning. The police investigation is looking at what happened to more than 600,000 pounds ($748,920) raised by Scottish independence campaigners in 2017, which was supposed to have been ring-fenced for spending on that issue but was missing from party's filed accounts. The SNP did not immediately respond to a request for comment. ($1 = 0.8012 pounds)Reporting by Andrew MacAskill, editing by Michael HoldenOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Scottish National Party chief executive quits after membership numbers dispute
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

LONDON, March 18 (Reuters) - The chief executive of the pro-independence Scottish National Party (SNP), Peter Murrell, said on Saturday that he was resigning with immediate effect after accepting responsibility for a misleading statement about SNP membership numbers. "Responsibility for the SNP's responses to media queries about our membership number lies with me as Chief Executive. While there was no intent to mislead, I accept that this has been the outcome," Murrell said in a statement issued by the SNP. Murrell is the husband of outgoing SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon, who announced on Feb. 15 that she was stepping down as Scotland's first minister, triggering an SNP leadership contest which is yet to conclude. Murrell said he had intended to stay as SNP chief executive until after the leadership contest was over.

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