Nicola Sturgeon confirmed she has not spoken to police about an investigation into alleged missing SNP funds.
The First Minister gave the update as cops probe what happened to £600,000 of party money that was crowdfunded from independence supporters.
The cash was going to be used in a new campaign to leave the UK before allegedly vanishing.
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Nicola Sturgeon’s and her husband Peter Murrell have repeatedly asked if they have spoken to detectives about the incident, as they were both in senior positions in the party at the time.
Speaking to Beth Rigby on Sky News on Monday, the First Minister was again asked if she had contact with police.
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“Look, no, but I’m not going to comment, I wouldn’t comment on any ongoing police investigation and I’m not going to comment on this one,” she said.
Asked if it had put pressure on her or her husband, who resigned at the weekend after a row of how media requests relating to membership numbers were handled, the First Minister said: “No, it hasn’t, no.”
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