Members of inquiry claim evidence proves Scottish first minister misled parliament
Nicola Sturgeon has denied “in the strongest possible terms” conspiring against or colluding with Alex Salmond over sexual harassment allegations, as her husband and Scottish National party chief executive, Peter Murrell, admitted sending leaked text messages that appeared to endorse “pressurising” the police to investigate the former first minister.
In written evidence to the inquiry into her government’s botched handling of the complaints against Salmond, published on Wednesday, Sturgeon said the ensuing events had caused her “a great deal of personal anguish, and resulted in the breakdown of a relationship that had been very important to me, politically and personally, for most of my life”.
