Former Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon showed a "remarkable lack of curiosity" over SNP finances, with a former MP claiming those seeking answers were deliberately frustrated by the party hierarchy.Joanna Cherry KC had been a high-profile member of the SNP group at Westminster and was elected to the party's national executive committee with a "mandate" from party members to probe what had happened to hundreds of thousands of pounds of cash donated to the party to help campaign for Scotti

Former Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon showed a "remarkable lack of curiosity" over SNP finances, with a former MP claiming those seeking answers were deliberately frustrated by the party hierarchy.Joanna Cherry KC had been a high-profile member of the SNP group at Westminster and was elected to the party's national executive committee with a "mandate" from party members to probe what had happened to hundreds of thousands of pounds of cash donated to the party to help campaign for Scottish independence.A police investigation into that cash culminated with former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell - also Ms Sturgeon's estranged husband - pleading guilty to embezzling around £400,000 from the party.