Luxury watches and £220 teapot: Police pictures reveal Peter Murrell's illicit purchases

Key developments are emerging from the global stage. Mugs in drawers and watches in cupboards: What police pictures tell us about Peter Murrell's illicit purchasesImage source, PA MediaImage caption, Peter Murrell, pictured returning home from his 2023 police interview, has been given a five years and three months prison sentenceByClaire ThomsonBBC ScotlandPublished23 June 2026Updated 2 hours agoThe former chief executive of the SNP, Peter Murrell, has been jailed for embezzling more than £400,000 in party funds over a 12-year period. Fresh images released by the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service show some of the items he purchased using stolen money. What do the pictures taken by police forensic officers tell us?

The motorhome was seized on a damp April day with a £220 teapot insidePerhaps the most high-profile purchase and largest single transaction made by Murrell was the Niessman and Bischoff £124,550 motorhome. It was dropped off at an industrial estate and driven by Murrell to his mother's address in Dunfermline, where it remained until it was seized by police on 5 April 2023. New pictures released by the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service show the motorhome parked in the driveway to the side of the detached property.

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Image source, COPFSImage caption, The motorhome was parked in the driveway outside Peter Murrell's mother's house in Dunfermline, FifeThey suggest that Murrell's mother's house had two parking spots - one in front of the garage and another to the side. Images show the large windows at the front facing onto the street and a window - perhaps with frosted glass - on the side where the motorhome was parked. The images also show a garden gate to the rear of the vehicle.

Who is Peter Murrell - the former SNP chief executive who stole party fundsIn an interview with the 's Laura Kuenssberg last month Murrell's estranged wife and former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she had no "conscious memory" of ever seeing the luxury vehicle. She said it was "round the sides of the house which is not immediately visible in the way that we went into the home" and "between the house and the next door neighbour's". Sturgeon told Kuenssberg if she had seen the motorhome she would "probably have assumed it was a neighbour's", adding: "Why would it have crossed my mind that it was the SNP's?

"Murrell's mother lived in a Dunfermline cul-de-sac. It would have been possible to enter and leave her house without passing the end of the driveway where the motorhome was parked. Police Scotland seized the vehicle during Operation Branchform.

Image source, COPFSImage caption, The driveway appears to be between two houses and on the opposite side from the front entranceThe new motorhome had been driven just four miles, but it appeared ready for touring with kitchen supplies such as cooking utensils, crockery, and plastic containers.

The development has drawn wide international attention, with diplomatic circles watching closely.