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Peter Murrell Due Back in Court Today Ahead of Sentencing over £400k Embezzlement
The hearing will help establish the facts behind Murrell’s guilty plea and could shape mitigation ahead of his sentencing, which is set for later this month.
- On Tuesday, Peter Murrell returned to the High Court in Edinburgh for a "narrative hearing" to establish facts surrounding his admitted embezzlement of more than £400,000 from the SNP.
- Murrell pleaded guilty last week to embezzling party funds between 2010 and 2022, spending the money on luxury items including a Jaguar I-Pace costing £81,277 and a motorhome worth £124,550.
- Legal teams have yet to reach an agreement on the "version of events," prompting Judge Lord Young to schedule this hearing after describing the embezzlement as a "gross breach of trust."
- Former SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon said she was "deceived, misled and betrayed," claiming she feels like she is "serving a sentence for a crime I did not commit."
- Sentencing is scheduled for June 23, 2026, as the Crown Office has advised Nationalists to avoid public commentary on the case, citing it remains "sub judice" and should be "avoided.
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