Ex-Scottish first minister describes despair at police raid over her husband’s alleged misuse of party finances in upcoming memoir
Nicola Sturgeon has described the time she faced criminal investigation over her ex-husband’s alleged fraudulent activities as “like a form of mental torture”.
In an excerpt from her upcoming memoir, Frankly, the former first minister of Scotland vividly recounts the despair she felt when police raided their Glasgow home in April 2023 and arrested her partner, Peter Murrell, over misuse of party finances.
Murrell, a former Scottish National party (SNP) chief executive, was initially released but then charged in 2024 with embezzlement in relation to £660,000 of party donations. His case is continuing.
Sturgeon faced police questioning but was never charged and has since been exonerated of all wrongdoing. In March this year, she was told she faced no further action in Police Scotland’s fraud inquiry.
