Brazen Peter Murrell insisted the SNP would willingly report criminality to the police - just hours after purchasing a luxury motorhome with money he had embezzled from the party.

MPs have begun a preliminary probe of Peter Murrell's 'epic crime spree' ahead of the former SNP chief executive's sentencing next week.

Brazen Peter Murrell insisted the SNP would willingly report criminality to the police - just hours after purchasing a luxury motorhome with money he had embezzled from the party.

The Peter Murrell scandal has rocked the SNP and shocked the public given the sheer scale and, indeed, strangeness of the fraud he committed.

The Peter Murrell scandal has rocked the SNP and shocked the public given the sheer scale and, indeed, strangeness of the fraud he committed.

Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.AllNewsSportCultureLifestylePeter Murrell, the former chief executive of…

Brazen Peter Murrell refused to comment as detectives grilled him about his embezzlement - and what he would say to party members who were victims of his theft.

Brazen Peter Murrell refused to comment as detectives grilled him about his embezzlement - and what he would say to party members who were victims of his theft.

Peter Murrell was silent and impassive as police grilled him on his “outrageous” spending on pens and other items that he bought with more than £400,000 embezzled from the…

The imprisonment of former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell for embezzling more than £400,000 brings to the end an especially sordid chapter in the history of Scotland’s largest…

"Murrell occupied a significant position of privilege and power in public life in Scotland," assistant chief constable Stuart Houston of Police Scotland said. #EuropeNews