BREAKING: Former SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has said the 'last few days have been obviously difficult', following the arrest of her husband on Wednesday Latest: 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
Sky News understands the accounting firm resigned before Mr Murrell was arrested.
A spokesperson for Johnston Carmichael Told Sky News:"As a regulated organisation, we adhere to our obligations on client confidentiality and do not discuss client business."only raises further questions about the increasingly murky picture surrounding the SNP's finances"."Given this firm have audited the party's accounts for so long, the SNP must be fully transparent over why they have decided to quit now," he added.
Police Scotland has been investigating the spending of about £600,000 which was earmarked for Scottish independence campaigning.
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