Police say no further investigation required into Yes Scotland finances

No further investigation is required into the finances of Yes Scotland, police have concluded.

The force was looking into the group and its former chief executive, Blair Jenkins, following a complaint submitted over the summer.

That followed concerns that Peter Murrell, the former chief executive of the SNP who was jailed for embezzlement earlier this year, had access to the organisation’s funds.

However, a Police Scotland spokesperson today said: “We received information which was assessed and nothing was identified which would warrant further investigation.”

Yes Scotland was the campaign group set up in the run-up to the 2014 Scottish independence referendum.

It has not been active since the referendum, and in its accounts from 2016 onward showed a zero balance.

But David Hendry, who made the complaint to the police, claimed the “numbers don’t match up anywhere”.

Solicitor Aamer Anwar, speaking on behalf of Jenkins, described the complaints as a “desperate attempt to link Peter Murrell's criminal conduct to the financial affairs of Yes Scotland Ltd”.

He added: “Mr Jenkins is grateful to Police Scotland but is sorry they were forced to waste valuable resources and time on such spurious and unfounded allegations.”

Henry played a key role in the launch of the Operation Branchform investigation after he raised concerns about the SNP’s finances previously.

That investigation ultimately led to the conviction of  Murrell. He was sentenced to more than five years in prison for embezzling over £400,000 from the SNP.