Peter Murrell, the SNP’s former chief executive, was jailed for embezzling more than £400,000 from the SNP.

The Harry Potter author has been a vociferous critic of the former first minister.

Sturgeon also said Prime Minister Andy Burnham has a ‘very southern view of what it means to be northern’.

The first woman and longest-serving First Minister of Scotland, Sturgeon was a defining figure in Scottish and UK politics during a decade shaped by Brexit, the Covid-19 pandemic and a period that saw five different UK prime ministers.

The former Scottish first minister stressed the issue is one for people in Northern Ireland to decide.

Scotland’s former first minister was interviewing author Paul Lynch.

BBC Scotland confirmed Sheridan's death on Thursday morning