The estranged husband of Scotland's former first minister Nicola Sturgeon has been sentenced to five years and three months in prison for embezzling more than 400 thousand pounds from the SNP.
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The estranged husband of Scotland’s former first minister Nicola Sturgeon has been sentenced to five years and three months in prison for embezzling more than 400 thousand pounds from the SNP.
Cars, a motorhome, Le Creuset ramekins and Montblanc fountain pens were among the many goods Peter Murrell bought during his spending spree – all while he was chief executive of the party.
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Scotland: Sturgeon's ex Peter Murrell jailed for 5 years
Former SNP chief Peter Murrell jailed for embezzling £400,000 of party funds
Former Scottish National Party chief jailed for 5 years for embezzling party funds
Sturgeon’s estranged husband jailed for five years after embezzling funds from SNP
Peter Murrell, former SNP chief, jailed for five years for embezzling £400,000
Peter Murrell is jailed for more than five years
The Murrell scandal is far from over
Former SNP chief Peter Murrell jailed for embezzling £400,000
Former SNP chief jailed for five years over £400,000 embezzlement of party funds
Estranged husband of former Scottish leader sentenced to 5 years and 3 months in prison
Peter Murrell pleaded guilty to embezzling funds in his role as chief executive of the Scottish National Party. He held the SNP's…
Former husband of Nicola Sturgeon sentenced to more than five years behind bars after making extravagant purchases with party…
Peter Murrell, the estranged husband of ex-SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon, admitted spending US$540,000 on items including a…
Peter Murrell splashed out on a luxury motorhome, a Jaguar SUV and luxury watches
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Jailing him at the High Court in Edinburgh , Judge Lord Young told Murrell he had committed a 'calculated crime of dishonesty'.
