Scottish Police Charge Sturgeon’s Husband in SNP Funds Probe
- Move set to put Scottish nationalists under renewed scrutiny
- Peter Murrell was first arrested by Police Scotland in 2023
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Former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s husband was charged by police as part of an investigation into the Scottish National Party’s finances, a development that will put Scotland’s governing party under renewed scrutiny at a critical time ahead of a UK election expected this year.
Though Police Scotland did not identify Peter Murrell by name, they said in a statement that a 59-year-old man had been arrested on Thursday morning and was being questioned by detectives. A subsequent statement said the man had been charged in connection with the embezzlement of funds from the SNP. He’s no longer in custody, police said.