JOURNALISTS have flocked to the house of Peter Murrell and Nicola Sturgeon after the former SNP chief executive was charged with embezzlement.
A press pack including camera crews and photographers gathered outside the couple’s home in Uddingston, South Lanarkshire and door-stepped the former first minister and her husband on Friday.
It comes after police confirmed on Thursday evening that Murrell had been charged with embezzling funds from the SNP.
He has since resigned his party membership.
Sturgeon told reporters that the situation has been “incredibly difficult”.
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She said that she could not “say any more” before asking for peace for her neighbours as she left in her car.
Speaking about Murrell’s arrest and subsequent charge, SNP leader Humza Yousaf said: “Many people in the SNP, right across Scottish politics will be shocked by the news and this is an ongoing investigation.
“Police, the Crown have a job to do, just as I have a job to do as First Minister, that job of course is ensuring that I support business, that I help households throughout the cost-of-living crisis, that I help to cut waiting times in the NHS, that I advance the cause of independence, so that’s the job that you can imagine I’m focused on.”
The First Minister added: “As per the police statement it is a very serious development, as per the police statement it’s an allegation of embezzlement from the party, embezzlement of funds from the party. That’s really serious indeed.”
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