A SENIOR SNP activist has spoken for the first time about how she helped expose fraudster Natalie McGarry.
In an exclusive interview with The Herald on Sunday, Kathleen Caskie – a former colleague of McGarry in the Women for Independence (WFI) campaign – revealed:
- It was Jeane Freeman, now Scottish Government Health Secretary, who handed a dossier of evidence on the former MP to the police.
- She believes McGarry may have embezzled up to £40,000 from WFI.
- The SNP did not initially believe WFI and Caskie alleges that the office of a Nationalist MSP made defamatory claims against the group.
- She would be able to forgive McGarry if she took responsibility for her actions.
- READ MORE: The SNP activist who helped expose McGarry
The former MP, who was sentenced to 18 months in prison this week for embezzlement, transferred cash from fund-raising events into her personal bank account and failed to pass on money intended for a foodbank.
Caskie said she and colleagues took the decision to report McGarry to police knowing “it would ruin her career and probably end up in a jail sentence. So that was fairly monumental”.
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