Nicola Sturgeon on embezzlement scandal: ‘I’m serving a sentence for a crime I did not commit’
Sturgeon: ‘I’m serving a sentence for a crime I didn’t commit’
Peter Murrell, estranged husband of Nicola Sturgeon and former SNP chief executive, pleaded guilty to embezzling more than £400,000 from the Scottish National Party between 2010 and 2022.
Murrell used the embezzled funds to purchase a range of items, including a motorhome, cars, kitchen appliances, expensive watches, and pens, with his sentencing scheduled for June.
In a new interview, Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s former first minister, said she would “not going to apologise for somebody else’s crimes,” distancing herself from Murrell’s actions.
Sturgeon highlighted that she was “completely cleared and exonerated” by police and felt she was “serving a sentence for a crime I did not commit,” despite her former husband’s conviction.
She accused Murrell of misleading and deceiving her as the party leader, asserting that he “perpetrated a crime on the SNP.”
