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Peter Murrell has appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court charged with embezzlement

Former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell has appeared in court charged with embezzlement

Former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell has appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Thursday, charged with embezzlement. He did not enter a plea and was committed for further examination and granted bail.

Former SNP chief executive Murrell appears in court charged with embezzlement

Peter Murrell made no plea at the private hearing. Former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell has appeared in court charged with embezzlement. Murrell, 60, appeared at a private petition hearing at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Friday. He made no plea or declaration and was committed for further examination and bailed. The charge relates to Police Scotland’s long-running Operation Branchform probe into SNP finances. Murrell is separated from former f…