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Peter Murrell jailed for more than five years for embezzling SNP funds
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- PA Media Image caption, Peter Murrell pleaded guilty to embezzlement last month
- Former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell has been sentenced to five years and three months in jail after he admitted to 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.
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PA Media Image caption, Peter Murrell pleaded guilty to embezzlement last month
Former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell has been sentenced to five years and three months in jail after he admitted to 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.
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