Search of Nicola Sturgeon’s home ‘proportionate and necessary’, says police chief

Sir Iain Livingstone said forensic tent set up outside former first minister’s house was not politically motivated

Scotland’s chief constable, Sir Iain Livingstone, has said the decision to raid Nicola Sturgeon’s home and erect a large tent across the entrance was “proportionate and necessary.”

In an interview with the Sunday Times to mark his retirement, Livingstone denied the decision to search the former first minister’s home in April was politically motivated; he said the search warrant had been independently approved by a judge.