Report: Ex-Scottish leader’s husband arrested in party probe

By DANICA KIRKA and BRIAN MELLEY
Associated Press

LONDON (AP) — British media are reporting that the husband of former Scottish first minister and Scottish National Party leader Nicola Sturgeon has been arrested in a party finance probe. Police in Scotland didn’t identify Peter Murrell as the 58-year old man arrested “in connection with the ongoing investigation into the funding and finances of the Scottish National Party.” However, Britain’s Press Association, the BBC and others reported it was Murrell. Scottish police have been investigating how 600,000 pounds ($750,000) earmarked for a Scottish independence campaign was spent. Murrell resigned as the party’s chief executive last month. Scottish police said later Wednesday that the man arrested in the morning was “released without charge pending further investigation.”