He presented his surprise resignation last February, after 8 years in power. Former First Minister of Scotland Nicholas Sturgeon was arrested this Sunday June 11, revealed the BBC. The arrest comes as part of an investigation into the funding of his SNP political party, the Scottish National Party.
The investigations, launched in 2021, concern the use of donations of 600,000 pounds (about 683,000 euros) collected in recent years by supporters of Scottish independence, paid to the party, in order to organize a new referendum.
Searches and police arrest for Nicola Sturgeon
Thus, searches were carried out at the home of Nicola Sturgeon and her husband Peter Murrell. The latter, who was director of the SNP until March, was arrested the following month as part of this investigation. He was released the same evening, without charge. A few days later, he was the treasurer of the PNS, Colin Beattyhe too was arrested and then released without any charges being brought against him, recalls theFrench media agency.
For her part, after being in police custody for seven hours, Nicola Sturgeon reacted to her arrest in a statement posted on her Twitter account: “To find myself in the situation I was in today, even though I am convinced that I have not committed any crime, is both shocking and very distressing. ‘ she wrote.
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Source: Madmoizelle
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