{"id":355065,"date":"2026-06-23T22:00:24","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T21:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/full-interview-with-the-police-on-what-it-took-to-prosecute-peter-murrell-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-06-23T22:00:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T21:00:24","slug":"full-interview-with-the-police-on-what-it-took-to-prosecute-peter-murrell-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/full-interview-with-the-police-on-what-it-took-to-prosecute-peter-murrell-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Full interview with the police on what it took to prosecute Peter Murrell | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/ZPYpzcz5m04\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Full interview with the police on what it took to prosecute Peter Murrell | BBC News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZPYpzcz5m04\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Peter Murrell has been sentenced to five years and three months for embezzling \u00a3400,000 from the Scottish National Party over the space of 12 years.  <\/p>\n<p>He was the Chief Executive of the political party and married to Nicola Sturgeon \u2013 the then First Minister of Scotland.  <\/p>\n<p>How did the police investigate the case which took over five years and at a cost of \u00a32m?<\/p>\n<p>Watch the full interview with Assistant Chief Constable Stuart Houston with Glenn Campbell, BBC Scotland\u2019s Political Editor.  <\/p>\n<p>The Big Cases: The Man with the Money is available to watch on BBC iPlayer.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our channel here: https:\/\/bbc.in\/bbcnews<\/p>\n<p>For the latest news download the BBC News app or visit BBC.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>#Scotland #BBCNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Murrell has been sentenced to five years and three months for embezzling \u00a3400,000 from the Scottish National Party over the space of 12 years. 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