Ex-husband of Nicola Sturgeon has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than £400,000

Former SNP chief executive pleaded guilty to buying thousands of pounds worth of personal items with party funds

Peter Murrell was brought to the High Court in Edinburgh in a white prison van, where prosecutors will outline the facts of the case. He sat in the back wearing a dark suit with…

Former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell appeared at the High Court in Edinburgh in handcuffs today after pleading guilty to embezzling more than £400,000 from party funds

Ex-husband of Nicola Sturgeon has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than £400,000

Items bought by former chief executive included more than £23,000 from a luxury stationery brand and a £3,000 robotic lawnmower

Prosecutors have detailed how the estranged husband of former Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon embezzled more than 400,000 pounds from the Scottish National Party.

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Details have been revealed showing how former Scottish National party chief Peter Murrell embezzled £400,000 from party funds.

Peter Murrell's extraordinary web of greed has been laid bare as fresh details emerged of his embezzlement of more than £400,000 of SNP funds.

Fast cars, luxury watches – and, of course, that motorhome: the list of what former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell bought with embezzled funds is dizzying. Severin Carrell…