Former SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has said she intends to "get on with life and my job" after the arrest of her husband, the SNP's former chief executive, during an investigation into party finances.
In her first comments since Peter Murrell's arrest on Wednesday, Ms Sturgeon said recent days had been "obviously difficult" as she gave a short statement outside their Glasgow home today.
Mr Murrell had been arrested in connection with a long-running Police Scotland investigation into the spending of about £600,000 (€685,000) which was earmarked for Scottish independence campaigning.
Ms Sturgeon said there will be "full cooperation" with the police investigation, but said she could not comment on it "as much as there are things I may want to say".
"The last few days have been obviously difficult, quite dramatic at times, but I understand that is part of a process," she told reporters.
"So that's all really I'm able to say just now, other than I intend to get on with life and my job as you would expect."
Mr Murrell, who married the former Scottish first minister in 2010, stepped down as the SNP's chief executive last month following a controversy about misleading information being given to journalists over the party's membership numbers.
Today, Ms Sturgeon told reporters: "Peter's at home as you would expect it to be. Peter's not able to say anything.
"Again, that's not necessarily a matter of choice. That's just the nature of this."
When asked if she had been questioned by police, the former first minister said: "I haven't but I will fully cooperate with the police ... if they do."
She would not comment further.
Following Mr Murrell's release from custody on Thursday, Ms Sturgeon, who unexpectedly announced her resignation as first minister on 15 February, stressed that she had "no prior knowledge of Police Scotland's action or intentions".
