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but, again, just reiterating and emphasising that it is so important to me not to comment on a live police investigation and be seen to prejudice that in any way, shape or form. peter murrell and nicola sturgeon have been married since 2010. they were scotland s ultimate power couple, running both the scottish government and the scottish national party. that arrangement always raised eyebrows, and in recent years, the level of scrutiny had increased. from 2017 to 2020, the snp raised nearly £667,000 to campaign for independence. questions arose when it emerged the party had just under £97,000 in the bank at the end of 2019. injune 2021, peter murrell loaned the party around £107,000 of his own money. the following month, police scotland opened a formal investigation into the snp s finances. and last month, mr murrell resigned after taking responsibility
and on bbc london. and coming up on the bbc news channel. after three premier league games without a win can manchester united beat brentford at old trafford and strengthen their chances of qualifying for the champions league? good evening. the husband of the former first minister of scotland nicola sturgeon has been arrested. police say that peter murrell is being questioned as part of an investigation into the snp s finances. officers are searching a number of properties, including the couple s home in glasgow. here s our scotland editorjames cook. police have been investigating the scottish national party s funding and finances for nearly two years. this morning, their inquiries led here, to the suburban door of peter murrell and nicola sturgeon. mr murrell was arrested as a suspect
peter murrell and nicola sturgeon have been married since 2010. they were scotland s ultimate power couple, running both the scottish government and the scottish national party. that arrangement always raised eyebrows and, in recent years, the level of scrutiny had increased. from 2017 to 2020, the snp raised nearly £667,000 to campaign for independence. questions arose when it emerged the party had just under £97,000 in the bank at the end of 2019. injune 2021, peter murrell loaned the party around £107,000 of his own money. the following month, police scotland opened a formal investigation into the snp s finances and last month mr murrell resigned after taking responsibility for the party s misleading the public about its plummeting membership figures. that followed nicola sturgeon s resignation, which she denied was influenced by this investigation. today, the opposition
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