{"id":346541,"date":"2026-05-25T21:00:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T20:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/peter-murrell-pleads-guilty-to-embezzling-snp-money\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T21:00:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T20:00:06","slug":"peter-murrell-pleads-guilty-to-embezzling-snp-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/peter-murrell-pleads-guilty-to-embezzling-snp-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Murrell pleads guilty to embezzling SNP money"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/fRp8-uapOzI\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Peter Murrell pleads guilty to embezzling SNP money\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fRp8-uapOzI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Peter Murrell was chief executive of the SNP for 22 years. Now, he is about to spend his first night in prison, after pleading guilty to embezzling more than \u00a3400,000 from the party.<\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>Police said he diverted cash into his own accounts &quot;to bankroll the lavish lifestyle he craved but could not afford&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>The SNP&#8217;s current leader, John Swinney, called it &quot;an overwhelming betrayal&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Murrell was chief executive of the SNP for 22 years. Now, he is about to spend his first night in prison, after pleading guilty to embezzling more than \u00a3400,000 from the party. [Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe] Police said he diverted cash into his own accounts &quot;to bankroll the lavish lifestyle he craved [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":346542,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128813],"tags":[129661,149383,131493],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-346541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-channel-4-news","tag-chief","tag-murrell","tag-peter"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Peter Murrell pleads guilty to embezzling SNP money | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Peter Murrell pleads guilty to embezzling SNP money for free, here on News ISC. 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