Nicola Sturgeon’s husband re-arrested in Scottish National Party finance probe – POLITICO

LONDON — Peter Murrell, the husband of former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and ex-chief executive of the Scottish National Party, has been arrested for a second time in connection with a years-long investigation into the governing party’s finances.

In a statement released Thursday evening, Police Scotland said a 59-year-old man had been “re-arrested in connection with the ongoing investigation into the funding and finances of the Scottish National Party.”

The police force said he was taken into custody at 9.13 a.m. and, at the time of the statement, was still being questioned by detectives.