Peter Murrell Admits £400,000 SNP Embezzlement, Faces Sentencing on June 23
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Updated · BBC.com · Jun 2
Peter Murrell Admits £400,000 SNP Embezzlement, Faces Sentencing on June 23
3 articles · Updated · BBC.com · Jun 2
More than £400,000 was siphoned from SNP funds over 12 years through party charge cards, bank transfers and fake invoices, according to details aired after Peter Murrell’s guilty plea.
A £124,550 motorhome became the clearest example: Murrell used SNP money for the deposit and balance, falsified records to disguise it as a van, and kept it at his mother’s house.
Court filings also detailed 383 Amazon purchases worth £42,660.74, two cars, jewellery, cosmetics, watches and even a £30 parking fine, with many items logged under false accounting codes.
Murrell, 61, resigned as SNP chief executive in 2023, is being held on remand in Edinburgh and could face a lengthy prison term when sentenced on June 23.
The case deepens scrutiny of SNP financial controls after earlier internal concerns, though Nicola Sturgeon says she knew nothing of the crimes and police dropped their investigation into her last year.