Sturgeon additionally advised Dale that she solely found Murrell was as a consequence of plead responsible per week earlier than his first public courtroom look.
It later emerged he had been negotiating his plea for months, a truth which she stated “hit me like a tonne of bricks”.
Sturgeon stated: “He was nonetheless mendacity to me proper up till the day he pled responsible.”
The previous first minister added: “He was very remoted over that interval, he very hardly ever left the home, he wasn’t communicative, I used to be a bit nervous about his well-being and his psychological well being.
“After which, now I believe: ‘What a mug, why had been you nervous about him?’ He did not fear about me. He did not fear in any respect about what he was doing.
“What he has subjected me to is past something I might ever have comprehended.
“I do not perceive why he did it, he had no must do it, I do not assume I’ll ever perceive his motivations.
“However no matter that motivation was, he couldn’t have stopped and ever thought of me.
“However I used to be, till not too long ago, nonetheless worrying about him.”
Sturgeon – who had stepped down as first minister in March 2023 – was arrested In June 2023 however was later advised that she was not underneath investigation.
The previous first minister introduced her separation from Murrell final yr.
