Scotland’s First Minister has defended the country’s prosecution service after a reported delay in clearing a search warrant for Nicola Sturgeon’s home.
A request to search the home shared by the former first minister and her husband, former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell, along with the party’s Edinburgh headquarters was made on March 20.
It took two weeks for the warrant to be approved and sent to a sheriff and it was executed on April 5 – the week after the conclusion of the SNP leadership race won by Humza Yousaf.
