Post by zenfootball2 on Feb 16, 2023 17:28:15 GMT 1
www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/nicola-sturgeon-dodges-question-over-missing-600-000-campaigning-funds/ar-AA17xiOt?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=4fcbe1375ba54c1493d84eb6bf11607a
"Nicola Sturgeon dodges question over 'missing' £600,000 campaigning fundsicola Sturgeon yesterday refused to reveal whether she has been interviewed by police amid a probe into her party’s finances.
The departing First Minister dodged a question at the close of her resignation press conference over an inquiry into more than £600,000 which has gone ‘missing’ from the Scottish National Party’s coffers.
The huge sum – raised by independence campaigners in 2017 – was supposed to be ‘ringfenced’ to be spent on independencecampaigns.
But serious questions were raised about the money when it emerged the SNP had less than £100,000 in its bank account two years later. A file was passed by police to Scotland’s Crown Office last month, asking for ‘further instructions’ on the potential fraud case."Miss Sturgeon’s husband Peter Murrell is chief executive of the SNP and is ultimately responsible for its accounts.
The issue is further complicated by the fact that Mr Murrell gave his own party an interest-free £107,000 loan shortly after it emerged the SNP was suffering from cashflow issues.
Scottish Conservative chairman Craig Hoy has described the loan’s timing as an ‘extraordinary coincidence’.
Miss Sturgeon has also been mocked for saying she ‘can’t remember’ when she first learned her husband had loaned the six-figure sum."
"Nicola Sturgeon dodges question over 'missing' £600,000 campaigning fundsicola Sturgeon yesterday refused to reveal whether she has been interviewed by police amid a probe into her party’s finances.
The departing First Minister dodged a question at the close of her resignation press conference over an inquiry into more than £600,000 which has gone ‘missing’ from the Scottish National Party’s coffers.
The huge sum – raised by independence campaigners in 2017 – was supposed to be ‘ringfenced’ to be spent on independencecampaigns.
But serious questions were raised about the money when it emerged the SNP had less than £100,000 in its bank account two years later. A file was passed by police to Scotland’s Crown Office last month, asking for ‘further instructions’ on the potential fraud case."Miss Sturgeon’s husband Peter Murrell is chief executive of the SNP and is ultimately responsible for its accounts.
The issue is further complicated by the fact that Mr Murrell gave his own party an interest-free £107,000 loan shortly after it emerged the SNP was suffering from cashflow issues.
Scottish Conservative chairman Craig Hoy has described the loan’s timing as an ‘extraordinary coincidence’.
Miss Sturgeon has also been mocked for saying she ‘can’t remember’ when she first learned her husband had loaned the six-figure sum."
