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12.06.2023 - 21:21 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Nicola Sturgeon has gone to ground in the 36 hours since she was arrested by police amid an ongoing investigation into the finances of the Scottish National Party. Neighbours in her quiet suburban street in Uddingston, near Glasgow, say there have been no signs of life at the home she shares with husband Peter Murrell following her release.
The former First Minister, 52, was believed to have been arrested at Falkirk police station shortly after 10am on Sunday morning. Ms Sturgeon was questioned by detectives for seven hours before she was released without charge at around 5.25pm.
She did not appear before a waiting media pack outside her Uddingston home on Sunday. By 10pm on Monday evening, a day and a half after her shock arrest, no one has been seen coming or going from the house.
Although a police van passed the house several times on Monday afternoon, one neighbour told the Record on that there did not appear to be anyone home. She said: “We’ve not seen or heard anything. It’s been all quiet.”
On Sunday, Ms Sturgeon released a statement in which she proclaimed her innocence of any wrongdoing. She has not posted anything to her social media accounts since.
In the statement, she said: "To find myself in the situation I did today when I am certain I have committed no offence is both a shock and deeply distressing. I know that this ongoing investigation is difficult for people, and I am grateful that so many continue to show faith in me and appreciate that I would never do anything to harm either the SNP or the country.
“Obviously, given the nature of this process, I cannot go into detail. However, I do wish to say this, and to do so in the strongest possible terms.
"Innocence is not just a presumption I am entitled do in law.
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Nicola Sturgeon's neighbours have told of their shock after the former first minister was arrested in connection with the ongoing probe into the funding and finances of the SNP.
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A spokesperson for Nicola Sturgeon has commented on her arrest as part of the investigation into the SNP's finances.
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