'I'm the man with the money,' Murrell told Shetland jeweller
Peter Murrell, the former chief executive of the SNP, admitted to embezzling over £400,000 from the party. During a visit to a jeweller in Shetland in 2019, he purchased a gold pendant for his wife, Nicola Sturgeon, who was then the party leader. Sturgeon expressed feelings of betrayal and distress upon learning of her husband's actions, stating she had no reason to doubt his financial integrity.
- ▪Peter Murrell embezzled over £400,000 from the SNP between 2010 and 2022.
- ▪He purchased luxury items, including a gold pendant, using the embezzled funds.
- ▪Nicola Sturgeon described her husband's actions as a profound personal trauma.
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'I'm the man with the money,' Murrell told Shetland jeweller6 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleJohn JohnstonBBC Scotland ShetlandGetty ImagesNicola Sturgeon was photographed wearing the necklace on several occasions. ShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleIona YoungBBC ScotlandWhen Nicola Sturgeon visited a jeweller's shop in Shetland in 2019, her husband told its owner he was "the man with the money". At the time Peter Murrell was the chief executive of the SNP, while his wife was party leader and Scotland's first minister. During the trip to Shetland Jewellery as part of a by-election campaign, he bought her a 9ct gold pendant depicting the Northern Lights.
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