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By Alistair Smout, Reuters

Former Scottish National Party chief executive Peter Murrell (file image).

Former Scottish National Party chief executive Peter Murrell has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than NZD$920,000, admitting diverting funds from the party to buy items such as cars, a motorhome and luxury goods.

Murrell is the former husband of ex-SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon, who suddenly resigned in 2023, shortly before she was arrested as part of the probe into the party's finances. She was cleared of wrongdoing in March last year.