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  "textContent": "\n\n\nNicola Sturgeon's husband and former SNP chief executive is accused of embezzling £459,000 over a 12-year period.\n\nPeter Murrell, 61, now estranged from Ms Sturgeon, is facing an embezzlement charge.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nAccording to the indictment, Mr Murrell is accused of embezzling hundreds of thousands of pounds between August 2010 and January 2023.\n\nAlso, he is accused of using the funds to buy luxury items, such as jewellery, cosmetics, two cars and a motorhome.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nHe purchased a £125,000 motorhome and had it transported over 300 miles near his mother’s home in Dunfermline in Fife, the Scottish Sun reports.\n\nMr Murrell is due to appear at the High Court in Glasgow next week, February 20, for a preliminary hearing in the case.\n\nNicola Sturgeon’s estranged husband was arrested in 2023 as a part Operation Branchform, a police investigation into the finances and funding of the SNP, to which he was consequently charred with embezzlement in 2024.\n\nHe didn't plea during his first appearance at Edinburgh Sheriff Court last year, to which he was granted bail.\n\n**_More to follow._**\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards:The GB News Editorial Charter **",
  "title": "Nicola Sturgeon's husband accused of embezzling over £450k across 12 years"
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