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Ex-Scottish leader's husband admits embezzling funds

Peter Murrell, the estranged husband of former Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon, has been taken into custody after pleading guilty to embezzling $A750,000.

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Who is Peter Murrell? The disgraced SNP chief executive and Nicola Sturgeon’s estranged husband who embezzled £400k

As the SNP’s long-standing chief executive, Murrell oversaw the party’s rocketing rise in popularity and a large influx of new members

The Independent UK

Peter Murrell admits embezzling £400K from SNP to fund luxury lifestyle

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Husband of former Scottish leader pleads guilty to embezzlement from party

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

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Former SNP chief pleads guilty to embezzling £400,000 in party funds

Former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell has admitted embezzling more than £400,000 in party funds.

Evening Standard

Who is Peter Murrell? SNP supremo and estranged husband of Nicola Sturgeon

The SNP’s long-standing chief executive was once half of Scotland’s most influential power couple.

Evening Standard

Nicola Sturgeon’s estranged husband in custody after pleading guilty to embezzling £400,000 from the SNP

Police say Murrell had shown ‘utter contempt for the high public trust placed in him’ during his time as chief executive of the party

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Peter Murrell pleads guilty to embezzling £400,000 from SNP

Former husband of Nicola Sturgeon faces long prison sentence after admitting stealing from party to fund lavish lifestyle

The Guardian - UK

Former SNP chief Peter Murrell due in court to enter plea on 'embezzlement' charges

FORMER SNP chief executive Peter Murrell will appear in court on Monday, where he is expected to enter a plea on charges of embezzlement ...

The National (Scotland)

Police investigation into Scottish National Party finances costs over £2 million

Among those implicated in the inquiry is Peter Murrell, the husband of Nicola Sturgeon, who has been charged with allegedly embezzling nearly £460,000 from the party

The Independent UK

‘Are they your real teeth?’ How TV’s best – and most gloriously blunt – chatshow ripped up the rulebook

As Rylan Clark takes the final hot seat on The Assembly, the makers tell all about this revolutionary show. Where else would a politician be driven to tears? Or Stephen Fry be asked about his sexual proclivities?

The Guardian - UK

Sturgeon and Beano among big names at this year’s Dundee Book Festival

The festival runs from June 19-21, with most tickets costing £5.

Evening Standard

Swinney will call vote on referendum powers after Scottish elections

Top aide says SNP leader will seek approval to press for independence even if he fails to win majority on 7 May

The Guardian - UK

Greens signal free buses and childcare as price for SNP deal at Holyrood

Co-leader Gillian Mackay suggested her party could be the SNP’s route to return to power but ruled out working with Labour.

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Reform UK ‘in it to win it’ at Holyrood election, leader Lord Offord declares

Lord Malcolm Offord said Reform could win constituency seats at Holyrood as well as return regional list MSPs.

The Independent UK

Power in Scotland will be the SNP’s to lose once again

ANALYSIS : It will be Labour and Conservative failures, rather than any SNP success, that set the nationalists on course for a fifth consecutive term at Holyrood. As Sean O’Grady explains, the result of the 2026 Scottish parliamentary election will have an air of ‘unfinished business’

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Nicola Sturgeon says there was more to divorce than husband’s alleged crimes

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Nicola Sturgeon alludes to new relationship with ‘secret rendezvous’ comments

The former Scottish first minister has also opened up on the end of her marriage

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Nicola Sturgeon opens up on arrest, divorce and ‘secret rendezvous’

The former Scottish first minister discussed her personal and professional life on STV’s The Assembly.

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Sturgeon: I’m happier after Branchform saga than I might otherwise have been

The former first minister was cleared of any wrongdoing and she is now stepping down as an MSP.

Evening Standard

Nicola Sturgeon says leaving Holyrood is a ‘wrench’ as she makes final speech

The former first minister of Scotland is stepping down from Holyrood at the next election.

Evening Standard

‘Not right’ for First Minister to receive early updates on criminal probes

Reports this weekend suggested First Minister John Swinney was informed Nicola Sturgeon had been cleared before she had.

Evening Standard

‘Entirely appropriate’ for Lord Advocate to brief First Minister, Swinney says

John Swinney said there is a ‘long standing tradition’ of lord advocates providing information to the head of the government on ‘sensitive’ cases.

Evening Standard

Sturgeon inquiry documents ‘speak for themselves’ – Swinney

The files show the former first minister accused Alex Salmond of ‘a bit of a revenge mission’.

The Independent UK

Teenager hailed a hero at inquest after dying during bid to save friend on train tracks

A friend of the youngsters on the platform told police that Jordan Everett tried to ‘rugby tackle’ Joshua Myers to the other side of the track

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