Sturgeon’s Husband Released After Police Questioning Over SNP Finances

Nicola Sturgeon, then SNP leader and Scottish first minister, and husband Peter Murrell pose after casting their votes in the 2019 General Election at Broomhouse Park Community Hall, Glasgow, Scotland, on Dec. 12, 2019. Andrew Milligan/PA Media

Former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s husband Peter Murrell has been released as a police probe continues into the finances of the ruling Scottish National Party (SNP).

Murrell, who married Sturgeon in 2010, stepped down as the SNP’s chief executive last month following controversy about misleading information being given to journalists over the party’s membership numbers.