Nicola Sturgeon breaks silence on husbands 'deception' as he pleads guilty

UK’s Nicola Sturgeon says husband Peter Murrell “misled” her after he admits stealing £400,000 from SNP

Former SNP CEO Peter Murrell pleaded guilty to embezzling £400,310 over 12 years, spending on luxury goods and a £124,550 motorhome while hiding transactions with false receipts. Textbook governance failure: absent financial controls let an executive drain org funds for a decade undetected — a risk pattern relevant to any institution, not just political parties.