Yousaf waits to see end to SNP funding probe

Published date05 April 2024
Publication titleHuddersfield Daily Examiner
Today marks a year since the arrest of Peter Murrell - husband of former first minister Nicola Sturgeon - as part of Operation Branchform, Police Scotland's investigation into how £600,000 of crowdfunding for campaigning for Scottish independence was spent

The inquiry was launched in July 2021 but took a dramatic turn on April 5 2023 when Mr Murrell was arrested at the home he shares with Ms Sturgeon outside Glasgow. Searches were also carried out at the SNP's Edinburgh HQ.

Mr Murrell was questioned for several hours before being released without charge pending further investigation and since then the party's then treasurer, Colin Beattie, and...

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