Nicola Sturgeon has insisted her resignation just weeks before the arrest of her husband was a "coincidence of timing".

The then SNP leader stunned the political world when she announced her intention to quit as First Minister on February 15 last year.

She officially left office on March 28 - just days before former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell was arrested on April 5 as part of an on-going investigation into SNP finances.

Sturgeon was asked about her resignation while speaking at the Charleston Literary Festival in the south of England on Sunday.

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