Peter Murrell Embezzled £400,000 from SNP for Personal Spending
Peter Murrell, former SNP chief executive, embezzled £400,000 from the party, using its credit cards for personal expenditures. This included the purchase of a motorhome that reportedly only traveled four miles.
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Murrell used SNP cards for £400,000 spending spree
The former SNP chief executive is facing a lengthy jail sentence after admitting embezzling funds from the party.
Read full article →Motorhome bought by Murrell with stolen SNP money only did four miles
High court in Edinburgh hears £125K vehicle was described as a van in faked invoice and stocked with luxury goods The luxury motorhome that Peter Murrell bought using money stolen from the Scottish National party was driven for only four miles, sitting unused for more than two years. Murrell, then the SNP’s chief executive, drove the £124,550 Niesmann+Bischoff vehicle from the dealers at Halbeath in Fife in January 2021 to his mother’s home in Dunfermline – a cost of £31,138 a mile. A hand-ch...
By Severin Carrell Scotland editor
Read full article →The rise and fall of Peter Murrell who embezzled £400k from SNP
Murrell oversaw the party’s rocketing rise in popularity and a large influx of new members around the 2014 independence referendum
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