Chefe-executivo do SNP entre 2001 e 2023, Murrell gastou dinheiro do partido independentista em carros, artigos de luxo e jogos de computador. Sturgeon garante: não teve “conhecimento, nem suspeitas”.

Peter Murrell, the estranged husband of former Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon, has pleaded guilty to embezzling over 400,000 pounds from the Scottish National Party.

Murrell, who was the nationalists' chief executive for 22 years, pleaded guilty at the High Court in Edinburgh this morning.