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Peter Murrell, former SNP chief, jailed for five years for embezzling £400,000

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The Independent UK

Former SNP chief Peter Murrell jailed for embezzling £400,000 of party funds

Former husband of Nicola Sturgeon sentenced to more than five years behind bars after making extravagant purchases with party funds

The Independent UK

Luxury cookware purchases alerted police to Murrell’s long-running embezzlement

The party’s former chief executive bought a number of items from Le Creuset using the SNP’s money.

Evening Standard

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Peter Murrell jailed for five years after embezzling £400,000 from SNP

Estranged husband of Nicola Sturgeon is sentenced for stealing from party over 12-year period

The Guardian - UK

Watch police footage as Peter Murrell is interviewed over £400k SNP embezzlement case

Police Scotland has released almost three minutes of footage which show former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell being interviewed by officers prior…

The National (Scotland)

Former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell given five years in prison for embezzlement

FORMER SNP chief executive Peter Murrell has been sentenced to five years and three months in prison ...

The National (Scotland)

Former SNP chief Murrell to be sentenced for embezzling £400,000 of party funds

The 61-year-old falsified accounting records and created fake invoices in a bid to cover up his wrongdoing.

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Crown Office release more than 50 images of items bought by Peter Murrell

The Crown Office has released more than 50 images which show items bought by former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell with money embezzled from his…

The National (Scotland)

Commons leaders pressed over ‘safeguards’ for public cash after Murrell crimes

Patricia Ferguson, the chair of the Scottish Affairs Committee, has written to both the Clerk of the House of Commons and the Speaker on the issue.

Evening Standard

Labour obsessed with internal drama, says Badenoch as Tories win by-election

The Conservative leader hit out at Sir Keir Starmer as she celebrated victory in Aberdeen South.

Evening Standard

Where the SNP went wrong in Aberdeen South

Aberdeen South was always an entirely avoidable by-election for the SNP, although it could only have been averted by Stephen Flynn choosing to…

The National (Scotland)

Kemi Badenoch hails by-election win as showing Tories ‘working to regain trust’

The Conservative leader spoke out after her party’s ‘seismic’ victory in Aberdeen South, taking the seat from the SNP with a majority of over 6,000.

Evening Standard

Scottish Conservatives win Aberdeen South in shock loss for the SNP

Tories’ Douglas Lumsden says city has spoken ‘loud and clear’ in support of the North Sea oil and gas industry

The Guardian - UK

‘No friends to the oil and gas industry’: Aberdeen South, the byelection where one topic dominates

Peter Murrell affair may feature, but contest seen as straight fight between SNP and Tories over energy policy

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The National (Scotland)

Scottish Labour MP defends £10k spy scandal think tank donation and attacks SNP

A SCOTTISH Labour MP defended taking £10,000 in donations from a think tank that ran a campaign to discredit journalists before launching an attack…

The National (Scotland)

'Childish' Jackie Baillie panned after 'undermining' inquiry into party funding

JACKIE Baillie has been branded “childish” after she used a BBC interview to attack a planned inquiry into the funding of all Scottish political…

Evening Standard

Scottish Green amendment to Murrell inquiry call was ‘smokescreen’ – Baillie

The vote took place at Holyrood on Wednesday evening.

Evening Standard

MSPs vote down Labour calls for Murrell inquiry at Holyrood

Scottish Labour’s Anas Sarwar said the crimes committed by Nicola Sturgeon’s ex-husband amounted to ‘the greatest political scandal since devolution’.

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The National (Scotland)

John Swinney issues warning to Scottish Labour after 'cynical stunt boomerangs'

THE SNP have “nothing to fear” from a full independent review of all Scottish party finances, the First Minister has said, as he warned Labour…

The National (Scotland)

Scottish Labour bid for SNP inquiry fails as MSPs back probe into ALL parties

A LABOUR bid for a Scottish Parliament inquiry into the Peter Murrell embezzlement scandal has failed after MSPs backed an inquiry into ALL…

Evening Standard

Westminster committee delays decision on Murrell probe

A vote will be held in Holyrood on Wednesday on a potential inquiry.

The National (Scotland)

Westminster committee defers SNP embezzlement probe decision

A WESTMINSTER committee has deferred a potential probe into the SNP embezzlement case.

Evening Standard

SNP and Greens have final chance to back Murrell probe, says Labour

Labour will force a vote on a parliamentary inquiry on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

Spokesman refuses to say if Swinney would give evidence on Murrell to MPs

The First Minister’s spokesman was pressed on the prospect of the Scottish Affairs Committee holding an inquiry into the case.

The National (Scotland)

Greens call for independent inquiry into ALL Scottish party finances

THE Scottish Greens have called for an independent inquiry into all parties finances.

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