Peter Murrell has been remanded into custody after pleading GUILTY to embezzling SNP funds

Published: 10:44, 25 May 2026 | Updated: 10:55, 25 May 2026 Former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell has been remanded into custody after pleading guilty to embezzling £400,310.65 from the party. He had arrived at the High Court in Edinburgh on Monday morning for a preliminary hearing in the case. Murrell, the estranged husband of former first minister Nicola Sturgeon, was accused of embezzling the funds between August 2010 and January 2023. Details of the charges he faced became public in February. Nicola Sturgeon with her now estranged husband Peter Murrell Murrell held the position of SNP chief executive for 22 years. The comments below have been moderated in advance. The views expressed in the contents above are those of our users and do not necessarily reflect the views of MailOnline. By posting your comment you agree to our house rules. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual We will automatically post your comment and a link to the news story to your Facebook timeline at the same time it is posted on MailOnline. To do this we will link your MailOnline account with your Facebook account. We’ll ask you to confirm this for your first post to Facebook. You can choose on each post whether you would like it to be posted to Facebook. Your details from Facebook will be used to provide you with tailored content, marketing and ads in line with our Privacy Policy.