East-SNP chief Peter Murrail accused accused of embezzlement in the court

Former Chief Executive Officer of SNP Peter Murrail Edinburgh has appeared in the Sheriff Court on charges of embezzlement.

Mr. Murrail, husband of former first minister Nikola Sturgeon, was accused as part of the party’s funding and finance investigation in April last year.

He did not argue during a private hearing and was granted bail.

Mr. Murrail was first arrested in April 2023 as a suspect before being released without any charge.

He is understood that he has resigned from his SNP membership.

It was announced in January that Mr. Murrail’s wedding with Ms. Sterzon was ending.

Ms. Sturgeon, who is still an SNP MSP, was arrested in June 2023 without any charge.

Mr. Murrail resigned in March 2023 as Chief Executive of SNP in March 2023 after taking responsibility for misleading the media about the party’s membership number.

A month later, the house she shared with Ms. Sturgeon saw the police officials what happened for £ 660,000 donations to the SNP by freedom workers.

Police also searched the SNP headquarters in Edinburgh and seized a luxury motor hell in Muralil’s mother’s Murali.

The investigation called Operation Branchform has lasted for more than two years.

In September last year, it was revealed that the authorities sent a details of the prosecutors as to what they had exposed in a “advice and guidance report” and were taking formal advice on what they should do further.

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