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Neil Pooran and Nick Forbes

Peter Murrell admits embezzling £400K from SNP to fund luxury lifestyle

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Peter Murrell, the former chief executive of the Scottish National Party (SNP), has admitted to embezzling over £400,000 from the party.
Murrell, who is Nicola Sturgeon ’s estranged husband, pleaded guilty to the charges at the High Court in Edinburgh on Monday morning.
The embezzlement of £400,310.65 occurred between August 2010 and October 2022.
Allegations included in the indictment state that Murrell used £124,550 of party funds in 2020 to purchase a motorhome for his personal use.
He was initially arrested in April 2023 as part of a police investigation into the SNP's finances, and subsequently charged in April 2024.

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