THE whistleblower who triggered a police probe into the SNP's funding and finances says there should be an inquiry into how the force 'dragged its feet' in pursuing the case - while he became a hate figure.
He first lodged his complaint with police over two years ago, in late March, 2021 over how funds raised for a second independence referendum campaign had not been ringfenced and had been spent on other things without permission.
He says it was met with initial resistance before he had to lodge another with the police in January this year over what he believed was a lack of progress in the case.
In the meantime he says he was accused of being "a traitor to Scotland" and of trying to destroy the Humza Yousaf-led SNP.
He raised concerns over the speed of action and raised fears that the "rich and powerful" were being treated differently to ordinary members of the public.
As the wheels of justice dragged, he says he was accused variously of being a "crank", "a traitor to Scotland", of trying to bring down the SNP and even an MI5 agent by some.
The SNP had raised 666,953 through appeals between 2017 and 2020 with a pledge to spend these funds on a future independence campaign - but allegations surfaced that the money was diverted from the “ring-fenced” fund – sparking the exit of senior people from the SNP.
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