Husband of former Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon is arrested again in party finance probe

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The husband of former Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon has been arrested again in a probe into the finances of Scotland's pro-independence governing party. Police in Scotland say a 59-year-old man had been taken into custody on Thursday and was being questioned by detectives.

was arrested again on Thursday in a probe into the finances of Scotland’s pro-independence governing party.

Police in Scotland said a 59-year-old man had been taken into custody and was being questioned by detectives. While police did not name the suspect, the details provided matched up with Peter Murrell, the party’s former chief executive who wasScottish police have been investigating how 600,000 pounds earmarked for a Scottish independence campaign were spent.

Murrell stepped down March 18 amid controversy about the party’s declining membership and a bitter fight to replace Sturgeon. He held the position for more than 20 years.At the time of Murrell’s first arrest, police searched the couple’s Glasgow home over two days. Sturgeon said after being released from custody in June that her arrest had been “both a shock and deeply distressing.” She insisted she had done nothing wrong.

“I do wish to say this, and to do so in the strongest possible terms,” she said in a statement on social media at the time. ”Innocence is not just a presumption I am entitled to in law. I know beyond doubt that I am in fact innocent of any wrongdoing.”

 

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