"I am innocent," he declared. It investigates over 600,000 pounds distracted from the coffers of his party (ANSA) Sturgeon resigned as prime minister and SNP leader in early April.

The investigation concerns more than £600,000 in donations to an independence campaign that would have been diverted from the party's coffers.Nicola Sturgeon's husband, Peter Murrell, a 24-year SNP administrator, was arrested at their home in Uddingston near Glasgow on April 5 and released after 12 hours of interrogation. Colin Beattie was also detained and questioned as part of the same inquiry on April 18.