The Peter Murrell scandal: Nicola Sturgeon's estranged husband to be sentenced for embezzling £400k from SNP

By STEVEN DONN, DEPUTY EDITOR - SCOTLAND The Peter Murrell scandal has rocked the SNP and shocked the public given the sheer scale and, indeed, strangeness of the fraud he committed. The former SNP chief executive, the estranged husband of former SNP leader and First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, will be sentenced today after having admitted his guilt of a £400,000 embezzlement last month.   We're expecting things to start around 9.30am. In theory, it shouldn't be a long process but given what has gone before, there could always be a surprise or two coming our way. Thus far, we have still to hear from Peter Murrell... Sturgeon should be in the dock beside him The comments below have not been moderated. 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.