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Peter Murrell’s Proceeds of Crime Hearing for SNP Embezzlement Postponed
The judge may order confiscation or compensation after Murrell admitted embezzling £400,310.65 from the SNP over 12 years.
- The High Court of Justiciary at Edinburgh delayed disgraced former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell's proceeds of crime hearing until December 7, 2026, after Crown and defence lawyers requested an adjournment to recover more than £400,000 he embezzled from the Scottish National Party.
- Murrell is currently serving a five-year sentence for stealing more than £400,000 from the SNP over a 12-year period while serving as its chief executive. He used party funds to purchase a £124,500 motorhome, luxury Montblanc pens, and high-end kitchenware for personal benefit.
- Defence lawyer John Scullion KC stated Murrell intends to repay the embezzled sum in full. Restraint orders revealed more than £600,000 across two Legal and General pension accounts that the court may confiscate to settle the debt.
- The Scottish Affairs Committee at Westminster launched two inquiries into "serious issues" surrounding Murrell's crimes, examining Electoral Commission oversight of party funding and the distribution of Short Money following the scandal. Current SNP leader First Minister John Swinney said the saga caused "agony" for his party.
- Former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, Murrell's estranged wife, has denied knowing about his crimes and described feeling like a "mug" for trusting him. She told an Edinburgh Fringe event in August: "He was still lying to me right up until the day he pled guilty.
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