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We now know how Peter Murrell embezzled from the SNP - but not why

Peter Murrell embezzled from the SNP - but not why Prosecutors have given more details about

How former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell spent the £400,000 he embezzled

SNP chief executive Peter Murrell spent the £400,000 he embezzled A court is set to hear

Ex-Scottish National Party chief pleads guilty to embezzling funds

Murrell’s actions. “By embezzling from the SNP, Peter Murrell was stealing the hopes, the dreams

SNP accused of ‘embezzling’ voters over Peter Murrell’s theft of party funds

Peter Murrell’s misuse of £400,000 from party funds. The scandal over [Murrell’s guilty plea](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/may/25/peter-murrell-pleads-guilty-embezzlement-snp-scottish-national-party) on Monday to embezzling £400,310.65 while he was the SNP

Coffee machines, fountain pens and Grand Theft Auto: How Murrell spent the money

Peter Murrell admits £400,000 embezzlement - follow the story](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cddp5gm0155t) Murrell used SNP

The questions raised by the Peter Murrell embezzlement controversy

Peter Murrell embezzlement controversy This embezzlement case has been hanging over the SNP like a toxic

How long could Peter Murrell spend in prison?

Peter Murrell after the former SNP chief executive [admitted embezzling more than £400,000](https://www.bbc.co.uk

Tuesday briefing: With unease at home spreading, what next for Russia’s isolated leader?

SNP chief Peter Murrell admits £400,000 embezzlement” is the **Guardian**’s front page. The **Telegraph

Murrell used SNP cards for £400,000 spending spree

SNP chief executive Peter Murrell used charge cards, bank transfers and fake invoices to embezzle

Big salaries, a motorhome and SNP accounts: The Nicola Sturgeon interview unwrapped

embezzled by her estranged husband. Over a 12-year period, Peter Murrell - who was chief executive of the SNP

Sturgeon showed 'remarkable lack of curiosity' over SNP finances, says former MP

SNP MP has called for an independent inquiry into how former chief executive Peter Murrell was able to embezzle

'I'm the man with the money,' Murrell told Shetland jeweller

embezzlement of SNP funds. "We were surprised to hear that two policemen were coming up to Shetland to interview us specially about our sale of a gold pendant to Peter Murrell

Sturgeon defends 'no comment' police interview after SNP funds probe arrest

Peter Murrell for embezzlement. Anwar added that Sturgeon had later provided a "detailed written response" to Police Scotland questions. Murrell, the former chief executive of the SNP

Former first minister calls for joint Holyrood and Westminster inquiry into Murrell crimes

Peter Murrell's financial crimes, former Labour first minister Jack McConnell has said. Murrell, the ex-SNP chief executive and estranged husband of Nicola Sturgeon, pleaded guilty last week to embezzling

Tories accuse Starmer of not revealing all his Mandelson messages – UK politics live

Peter Murrell, the former SNP chief executive and estranged husband of Nicola Sturgeon, is back at the high court in Edinburgh where, following his guilty plea on embezzlement

Motorhome bought by Murrell with stolen SNP money only did four miles

Peter Murrell bought using money stolen from the Scottish National party was driven for only four miles, sitting unused for more than two years. Murrell, then the SNP’s chief executive, drove

Humza Yousaf says he hopes Peter Murrell gets ‘hefty’ sentence over embezzlement charges

embezzlement charges Humza Yousaf, Scotland’s former first minister, has called for Peter Murrell to get a “hefty” jail sentence after he admitted stealing £400,000 from the Scottish National party. Yousaf had been serving

The painstaking work to uncover Peter Murrell's crimes

Peter Murrell and Nicola Sturgeon's home on the outskirts of Glasgow in April 2023, one image dominated the news coverage. A large blue and white police tent had been pitched on their front garden