Nicola Sturgeon reflects on her arrest and her sexuality in exclusive ITV News interview

You can watch 'Nicola Sturgeon - The Interview' in full at 7pm on Monday 11th on ITV1, ITVX and STV. Scotland’s former first minister Nicola Sturgeon has described the day she was arrested as “horrific” and “the worst day of her life.” In an exclusive interview with ITV News, ahead of the release of her memoir, Frankly, Sturgeon talks about the day of her arrest, telling Julie Etchingham, "I think a part of me just closed down." She also described the "horror, upset and shame" of her husband's arrest in April 2023. In a wide-ranging and frank discussion, the former first minister also expressed regret in her handling of transgender legislation during her time in office, admitting she should have “paused” the legislation when the debate became polarised. She writes in her book, “I have never considered sexuality, my own included, to be binary,” adding that she was “enjoying being her own person for a while”. Over the past few years, the Scottish National Party has been embroiled in a financial scandal. This resulted in a police investigation examining criminal wrongdoing around the SNP’s finances, named Operation Branchform. On April 5 2023, Peter Murrell, Sturgeon’s then husband and SNP chief executive, was arrested by Police Scotland at the couple’s Glasgow home in connection with Operation Branchform. Nicola Sturgeon was herself arrested on June 11 in connection with the same investigation. She would later be cleared of all charges, but her husband, from whom she’s now separated, would go on to be charged with embezzlement, events she described as "horrific". The former first minister told ITV News’ Julie Etchingham that she had “blocked out” the details of her husband’s arrest at their family home. • Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http://bit.ly/2lOHmNj • Get breaking news and more stories at http://www.itv.com/news Follow ITV News on TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@itvnews?lang=en Follow ITV News on Instagram:   / itvnews   Follow ITV News on Facebook:   / itvnews   Follow ITV News on X:   / itvnews