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Scotlands SNP rocked by arrest of former leaders husband

Police say 58-year-old taken into custody for questioning about the Scottish National Party’s ‘funding and finances’.

MSP Karen Adam used a column in the pro-separatist newspaper The National to claim disgusting tropes were being used to attack the SNP leader, who is of migrant heritage.

Nicola Sturgeon’s husband, Peter Murrell, has been arrested over an ongoing investigation into SNP finances.

Former Scottish National Party’s chief executive is being questioned by police while searches are being carried out at a number of addresses 

One half of Scotland's most powerful couple, the party's long-serving CEO shunned the limelight and earned the nickname 'Penfold'

Peter Murrell, the former chief executive of the SNP and the husband of Scotland’s former first minister Nicola Sturgeon, has today been arrested in connection with an investigation into the SNP’s finances. It is the latest development in Police Scotland’s 21-month-long probe into claims that Scotland’s governing party mismanaged funds. Below is a timeline of

Sturgeon stepped down in February

Peter Murrell was taken into police custody as officers searched his home and the SNP's headquarters.

Peter Murrell, chief executive of SNP for 25 years, held for alleged financial fraud