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Peter Murrell to be sentenced for embezzling SNP funds
Key takeaways
- Murrell - the estranged husband of Nicola Sturgeon - used the funds to buy goods ranging from cars and a motorhome to kitchenware and toiletries.
- The 61-year-old has been remanded in custody since pleading guilty last month and is facing a substantial jail term.
- Sturgeon has denied any knowledge of his wrongdoing, saying she was "deceived, betrayed and lied to".
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Angus Cochrane Senior political journalist, BBC Scotland Jane Barlow/PA Media Peter Murrell pleaded guilty to embezzlement last month Former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell is to be sentenced at the High Court in Edinburgh on Tuesday after he admitted embezzling more than £400,000 from the party.
Murrell - the estranged husband of Nicola Sturgeon - used the funds to buy goods ranging from cars and a motorhome to kitchenware and toiletries.
The 61-year-old has been remanded in custody since pleading guilty last month and is facing a substantial jail term.
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