Police spotted scouring Sturgeon home after husband’s arrest in finances probe

Scouring the garden, the officers were seen to open a small shed and a storage box, while a police photographer was seen to be documenting the search.

Officers from Police Scotland at the home of Nicola Sturgeon and Peter Murrell (Andrew Milligan/PA)

Police have been seen scouring the back garden of Scotland's former first minister Nicola Sturgeon after her husband was arrested following an investigation into the SNP’s finances.

Peter Murrell, who married the former party leader in 2010, stepped down as the SNP’s chief executive last month following a controversy about misleading information being given to journalists over the party’s membership numbers.