Humza Yousaf expresses his desire for the investigation into SNP finances to come to a close as the first anniversary of Peter Murrell's arrest approaches.
Humza Yousaf has said he would welcome a conclusion to a long-running investigation into SNP finances as the first anniversary of the dramatic arrest of Peter Murrell approaches. The sudden ramping up of Operation Branchform on April 5 last year saw dozens of officers swoop on a house belonging to Nicola Sturgeon in the eastern suburbs of Glasgow. It saw multiple boxes of evidence removed from the detached home near Uddingston in full view of the nation's media.
On the same day, Murrell - the former SNP chief executive and Sturgeon's husband - was questioned by detectives for several hours before being released without charge. Operation Branchform was launched in 2021 to examine how the SNP had spent donations which were supposed to be ringfenced for independence campaigning. Sturgeon has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing
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