The First Minister said accountancy firm Johnston Carmichael has withdrawn its services 'round about October' of last year
The investigation, which also led to a thorough search of the house Mr Murrell shares with Ms Sturgeon in Glasgow and the SNP’s HQ in Edinburgh, is continuing.
Speaking to journalists during a visit to a tidal energy company in Edinburgh, he said he had only become aware of this shortly after winning the contest to become SNP leader. When it was suggested to him that this situation was “quite extraordinary”, he replied: “I don’t disagree with the premise of your question. That’s clearly why I’ve asked [SNP ruling body] the NEC to do a review around governance and transparency.”
Put to him that the situation was “dysfunctional”, he said: “It’s certainly problematic, I won’t deny that at all. That’s why one of the first things I did as leader on hearing this information, was to instruct the party to get on with finding another auditor, and that’s what they’re doing.”
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