Nicola Sturgeon says facing criminal inquiry was like ‘mental torture’

<p>Ex-Scottish first minister describes despair at police raid over her husband’s alleged misuse of party finances in upcoming memoir</p><p>Nicola Sturgeon has described the time she faced criminal investigation over her ex-husband’s alleged fraudulent activities as “like a form of mental torture”.</p><p>In an excerpt from her upcoming memoir, Frankly, the former first minister of Scotland vividly recounts the despair she felt when police raided their Glasgow home in April 2023 and arrested her partner, Peter Murrell, over misuse of party finances.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/aug/08/nicola-sturgeon-says-facing-criminal-inquiry-was-like-mental-torture">Continue reading...</a>