{"id":983049,"date":"2026-05-25T03:26:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T03:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/983049\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T03:26:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T03:26:17","slug":"peter-murrell-expected-in-court-on-embezzlement-charges-the-irish-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/983049\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Murrell expected in court on embezzlement charges \u2013 The Irish News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell is due to appear in court for a preliminary hearing, as he faces charges of embezzling more than \u00a3459,000 from the party.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">He is expected to appear at the High Court in Edinburgh, for a hearing which had originally been scheduled to take place in Glasgow in February.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Murrell is accused of embezzling the funds from the party between August 2010 and January 2023, according to an indictment seen by the Press Association.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The 61-year-old, who is Nicola Sturgeon\u2019s estranged husband, is alleged to have used the money to buy items including a motorhome and luxury goods, and towards the purchase of two cars.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/uk\/what-are-the-signs-and-symptoms-of-sepsis-3W33RTIA4BLWVPASWMLD6OUFU4\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"What are the signs and symptoms of sepsis?\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/QBI3XAM2MNNXPH2KZDUGSYKLLI.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/><\/a><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishnews.com\/news\/uk\/peter-murrell-expected-in-court-on-embezzlement-charges-QGHFCN7NN5IP7C5CPIFVTK67XI\/\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Peter Murrell expected in court on embezzlement charges\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/JGCSSGBO7VLRDDJE3NW34S2GGE.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">He was first arrested in April 2023 as part of the police investigation into the SNP\u2019s finances, and was charged in April 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">He appeared at Edinburgh Sheriff\u00a0Court\u00a0in March 2025 where he faced a charge of embezzlement, making no plea.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The indictment includes allegations that in 2020\u00a0Murrell\u00a0used party funds to buy a \u00a3124,550 motorhome for his own personal use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell is due to appear in court for a preliminary hearing, as he&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":983050,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,30,1102,4884,273344,712,10004,16,15],"class_list":["post-983049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-edinburgh","tag-britain","tag-courts","tag-edinburgh","tag-great-britain","tag-peter-murrell","tag-scotland","tag-snp","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/983049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=983049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/983049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/983050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=983049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=983049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=983049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}