SNP finances probe 'delays' threaten independence movement, whistleblower says

The man who called in police over the SNP's finances has told Sky News "delays" in the long-running fraud investigation threatens the future of the Scottish independence movement.

Campaigner Sean Clerkin triggered the probe more than three years ago after phoning detectives with concerns about more than £600,000 that had been raised for a second referendum.

Nicola Sturgeon's husband Peter Murrell has been charged with embezzlement by detectives but prosecutors at the Crown Office have not yet said when, or if, they will bring the former SNP chief executive to court.

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