How former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell spent the £400,000 he embezzled

How former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell spent the £400,000 he embezzledJust nowShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleAimee Stanton,Andrew PickenandClaire Thomson,BBC ScotlandPA MediaPeter Murrell admitted the embezzlement charge last weekA court is set to hear more details about how former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell embezzled goods worth more than £400,000 using the party's money.More than 100 pages of court documents have already been released showing the wide range of items he bought over a 12-year period.That list includes more than 1,000 items, from luxury goods and a £124,550 motorhome to everyday purchases like hand cream.Ahead of today's hearing, BBC Scotland has analysed the scale and timing of Murrell's illegal purchases – and produced a searchable list of all the goods he admitted buying.What did Murrell buy with stolen SNP funds?Murrell's embezzlement began with the purchase of two Ali Baba laundry baskets from Amazon in August 2010 - just one month after his wedding to Nicola Sturgeon.Court documents show that after this £70.89 outlay Murrell made a total of 1,066 purchases using embezzled SNP cash between 2010 and October 2022.The variety of goods is striking, ranging from the ostentatious - Lalique salt and pepper grinders priced at £2,618 - to the mundane, like Loctite super glue costing £3.50.Records show that on 4 July 2016 Murrell bought a pair of Montblanc cufflinks for £215.Six days later the ex-SNP chief executive was pictured at the men's final of the Wimbledon tennis tournament alongside his then wife Sturgeon, who was Scotland's first minister. Murrell was wearing cufflinks which look similar to the ones purchased.Murrell's purchases in picturesGetty ImagesX/Nicola SturgeonMurrell wearing £215 cufflinks during a visit to the Wimbledon tennis tournament which look similar to the ones made by Montblanc which he purchased six days before this picture was takenNicola Sturgeon has used social media to sh...