Peter Murrell, former chief executive of the SNP, has tonight been charged with embezzling money from his party.
Murrell, the husband of former first minister Nicola Sturgeon, was taken into police custody earlier today for a second time in connection with Operation Branchform, the probe into SNP funds.
Murrell was arrested at 9 a.m. today, just over a year after he was first held on 5 April 2023. On that day, the Sturgeon-Murrell household in Glasgow was searched by officers and the SNP’s HQ in Edinburgh was raided. Both Sturgeon and the party’s former treasurer Colin Beattie were arrested last year in connection with the probe, but were subsequently released pending further investigation.
Police Scotland released a statement this afternoon:
A 59-year-old man has today, Thursday 18 April 2024, been re-arrested in connection with the ongoing investigation into the funding and finances of the Scottish National party. The man, who was previously arrested as a suspect on 5 April 2023 was taken into custody at 9.13am
