following this arrest of nicola sturgeon. yes, as you have mentioned, chief constable sir in livingston defended the probe, saying that police scotland were asked to look at a number of assertions that had been made. we always do that. that is our duty. then we seek evidence to see if there is any substance in them. butjust how unprecedented is this? that a former first minister is placed under arrest in a case like this? well, it is an incredible development, but we are now, of course, any situation where that last to first ministers have been arrested by police, upbeat over very different circumstances. alex salmond, who is nicola sturgeon s predecessor, the man who led the snp into government was arrested and charged, and face trial over a series of sexual assault allegations, of which he was cleared. so, a former first minister being arrested is maybe not as rare as you may think in scotland.
that nicola sturgeon and peter murrell share in glasgow, and on the snp headquarters in edinburgh, there were really high profile operations there, searching the house. there was a blue tent erected in front of nicola sturgeon and peter murrell s front door. officers could be seen searching their shed, walking about with garden tools. and the high profile nature of that did and got some within the snp, particularly those who are close to nicola sturgeon. ian livingstone, the outgoing chief constable of police scotland will step down in the coming weeks. he has defended the integrity of the investigation, and said everything has been done absolutely by the book. but there is no doubt that there was anger in some parts of the snp over the way this has been handled by the police. now, we are waiting to see what, if any further action the police will take
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