Former Scottish National Party chief executive Peter Murrell bought a £3,000 robotic lawnmower and labelled it as 'legal fees' in fake invoices, a court heard today.Murrell also spent £23,000 on luxury stationery, the High Court in Edinburgh was told as he returned for a hearing after pleading guilty to embezzling more than £400,000 from the party last week.Advocate depute Alan Cameron KC read out a list of items while setting out the prosecution narrative at the hearing, which took place before judge Lord Young.They included purchases from Montblanc, which sells luxury stationery, worth more than £23,000. One item included a robotic lawnmower worth more than £3,000.Mr Cameron KC said: 'This item was described as legal fees and found when police searched his house.'The prosecutor also described vehicles bought by Murrell - who is former Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon's ex-husband - with money embezzled from the SNP.Mr Cameron KC said one of the vehicles included a Volkswagen Golf car, which was later sold and the proceeds used towards buying a Jaguar I-Pace worth more than £81,000.The advocate depute said a false invoice was created for this, submitting the claim as 'stage payment'. Peter Murrell appears at the High Court in Edinburgh today wearing a dark suit with no tie Items bought by Murrell included this £3,000 robotic lawnmower, the court hearing was told Murrell at Edinburgh's High Court today where prosecutors will outline the facts of the case The court also heard about the purchase of a motorhome by Murrell, worth £124,550. When police seized the vehicle from his mother's house, the odometer showed it had only been driven for four miles Murrell is accompanied by a guard in handcuffs at the High Court in Edinburgh this morning Molton Brown toiletries in the motorhome purchased by Murrell, which was worth £124,550 Another interior photo of the motorhome purchased by Murrell, shown during the court hearing A wine coaster purchased by Peter Murrell that was shown during today's High Court hearingMr Cameron said: 'He claimed that the payment was for staging for SNP events and that it had related to a planned national tour of key communicators from the party which had had to be postponed for various reasons, including the Covid-19 pandemic.'The court was also told about a robotic lawnmower which was purchased by Murrell for £3,070. This was misdescribed as 'legal fees' in the SNP's accounting software.A silver wine coaster worth £3,500 was described as 'leadership expenses'.The advocate depute also discussed the purchase of a motorhome by Murrell, which was worth £124,550.When police seized the vehicle from his mother's house, the odometer showed it had only been driven for four miles.He said it was described as a 'van rather than a motorhome' when the invoice was filed.Mr Cameron KC said: 'It was never used or seen by any other party member or employee.'During the hearing, the court also heard that the money embezzled by Murrell came from SNP membership fees and donations by party members.Mr Cameron KC said that Murrell had embezzled the funds from SNP party bank accounts 'over which he had control'.He went on: 'The accused made direct transfers of money and used his party charge card and those of two other staff members to make purchases not connected with party business.'Other members of staff were unaware he was using those cards for that purpose.'The court was told Murrell falsified accounting records and created fake invoices in a bid to cover his tracks.Murrell appeared in court dressed in a dark blue suit and black tie, and gave a nod to his lawyer John Scullion KC as he was led to the dock.Earlier, he was brought to the court in a white prison van and was photographed through the window.Sentencing of the 61-year-old is due to take place later in June.On Monday last week he admitted embezzling £400,310.65 from the SNP between August 2010 and October 2022.Court papers revealed a lengthy list of items he bought with the embezzled money, including a space telescope, DVDs, a home library ladder worth more than £900 and a coffee machine worth nearly £3,232. Murrell arrives in a white prison van at the High Court in Edinburgh this morning for the hearing The High Court in Edinburgh is pictured this morning as Murrell appears for a further hearingPeter Murrell is former Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon's ex-husband (pictured in 2019)Two cars and a £124,550 motorhome were also among the purchases.Murrell's guilty plea has led to intense scrutiny for his former wife Ms Sturgeon, who has denied knowing of his crimes – saying she was 'deceived, misled and betrayed'.The former SNP leader said she has been 'completely exonerated' after a 'two-year-long, very forensic police investigation' which saw police officers search the home she and Murrell had shared.Ms Sturgeon was arrested and questioned as part of the police investigation into the SNP's finances, which was known as Operation Branchform, but Police Scotland confirmed she would face no action.At the weekend, the former first minister told the BBC's Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg programme she feels like she is 'serving a sentence for a crime I did not commit'.Murrell's guilty plea has also led to calls for an independent investigation into the SNP's finances.Former first minister Lord Jack McConnell has said a joint inquiry by both Holyrood and Westminster committees should examine Murrell's embezzlement.Shadow Scottish secretary Andrew Bowie has called on Westminster's Scottish Affairs Committee to initiate an inquiry.However current SNP leader and First Minister John Swinney has said there is no need for such an inquiry, emphasising the detailed nature of the police investigation.He said last week: 'The police investigation has led to a criminal case.'There has been a prosecution and there has been a guilty plea and there will be sentencing taking place as a consequence. So, all these issues have been looked at.'We know what the problem was – the problem was criminal behaviour and the police have identified that and the individual involved has been prosecuted.'