{"id":346851,"date":"2026-05-27T00:00:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T23:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/were-these-nicola-sturgeon-items-bought-with-peter-murrells-embezzled-money\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T00:00:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T23:00:21","slug":"were-these-nicola-sturgeon-items-bought-with-peter-murrells-embezzled-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/were-these-nicola-sturgeon-items-bought-with-peter-murrells-embezzled-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Were these Nicola Sturgeon items bought with Peter Murrell&#8217;s embezzled money?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/8FUBok1BeKk\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Were these Nicola Sturgeon items bought with Peter Murrell's embezzled money?\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8FUBok1BeKk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>A \u00a31,200 space telescope, a designer bread bin costing \u00a360 and two toilet seats for nearly \u00a370 are some of the items Peter Murrell bought using money he embezzled from the SNP.<\/p>\n<p>He also bought three designer manicure sets for nearly \u00a3294, DVDs of the Danish political thriller Borgen, a Grand Theft Auto V video game and a designer egg poacher set for nearly \u00a324.<\/p>\n<p>Also among his purchases were a Jura Giga 5 Cromo coffee machine for nearly \u00a33,232 \u2013 and a book of speeches by his estranged wife, Nicola Sturgeon.<\/p>\n<p>The former chief executive, who is Nicola Sturgeon\u2019s estranged husband, was charged with embezzling the funds from the Scottish National Party between August 2010 and October 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Murrell, 61, arrived at the High Court on Monday wearing a black suit with a black tie and sentencing is due to take place on June 23.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A \u00a31,200 space telescope, a designer bread bin costing \u00a360 and two toilet seats for nearly \u00a370 are some of the items Peter Murrell bought using money he embezzled from the SNP. 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