The Scottish National Party is at the centre of a criminal fraud probe amid claims cash donated to a £600,000 fundraising drive has gone missing.
Police Scotland said the investigation focused on seven complaints about donations and had been launched after consultation with prosecutors.
Detectives are looking at allegations that cash which was earmarked for campaigning for a second independence referendum has been diverted elsewhere.
The Tories voiced concern over the increasingly murky affair which could see officers interviewing senior figures in the SNP.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon s husband Peter Murrell is chief executive of the party.
The probe follows a series of resignations from the SNP s ruling body in a row over the transparency of the party s accounts.
Charles and Audrey Cousins.
Charles and Audrey Cousins celebrated their 51st wedding anniversary on September 13. The couple credits the longevity of their union to the enduring love and deep respect they have for each other, as well as their total understanding of each other.
Audrey, more popularly known as ‘Miss Cherry’, shared with
Family and Religion her “budding romance” with her husband, whom she said she knew from they were children growing up in Portland.
“I lived in Blue Hole and he lived on an adjoining property. He would walk through our property to go to his, which is a little distance from Blue Hole,” she said. Miss Cherry added that her mother would normally share their breakfast with Charles and that would “‘bun” her because, by giving him some of the food, there was less for her to eat, and back then, she said, bursting out into laughter, she was not that charitable!