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Former SNP Chief Executive Peter Murrell Accused of Embezzling £459,000 over 12-Year Period
Peter Murrell allegedly embezzled £459,046.49 over 12½ years, using false invoices and disguised personal purchases as party expenses, police said.
- On Friday, February 20, Peter Murrell, the former SNP chief executive, faces a case moved to May 25, 2026, at the High Court in Edinburgh for embezzling £459,046.49 from August 12, 2010 to January 13, 2023.
- Operation Branchform began in 2021 after complaints about more than £600,000 raised for a future second independence referendum, but there was no sign of it in party accounts.
- Prosecutors allege a £124,550 m motorhome was bought with SNP funds, with false documents allegedly created to mask the purchase from Stafford dealer in October and December 2020.
- The Crown Office warned that commentary on evidence or accused risks prejudicing proceedings and that contempt under the Contempt of Court Act 1981 carries penalties of up to two years in prison and/or an unlimited fine.
- Murrell resigned in March 2023 amid a membership dispute, and Police Scotland searched Murrell and Sturgeon’s Uddingston home, SNP headquarters, and seized a motorhome from Murrell's parents' property.
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New details have emerged of the charges against the ex-husband of Nicola Sturgeon. Court documents show that Peter Murrell, former chief executive of the Scottish National Party is accused of embezzling almost £500,000 from the party.
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