🔴 Colin Beattie is “stepping back” from his job as the SNP’s treasurer after being arrested by police investigating the party’s finances
Mr Beattie, the SNP MSP for Midlothian North and Musselburgh, was arrested by Police Scotland officers on Tuesday morning and questioned by detectives, before being released without charge pending further investigation.centres around claims that more than £660,000 of money the party raised to fight a second Scottish independence referendum was instead spent on other things.
Mr Beattie served as the SNP’s treasurer for 16 years before being defeated in an internal election by Douglas Chapman in 2020. He returned to the role when Mr Chapman resigned a year later. Scottish Labour deputy leader Jackie Baillie said: “This is the right decision, made by the wrong man.
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