New pictures show dozens of items bought illegally by Peter Murrell

Here is the latest breaking news from around the world: New pictures show dozens of items bought illegally by Peter MurrellImage source, COPFSImage caption, This image of the motorhome bought by Peter Murrell using the SNP's money is among the new pictures released Published45 minutes agoDozens of new images showing the items bought by Peter Murrell using embezzled SNP funds have been released after he was jailed for more than five years. The pictures, which were taken by Police Scotland during its long-running investigation, were shared by prosecutors now the case has concluded. They include images of the £124,550 motorhome parked outside the house where Murrell's mother lived at the time, as well as the luxury bags, watches and pens that he bought illegally.

Many of the images were taken in the home that Murrell, 61, shared with his estranged wife, the former first minister Nicola Sturgeon. Murrell embezzled £400,000 from the SNP over a 12-year period, using the money to buy more than 1,000 items including jewellery, cosmetics and two cars. Only some of the embezzled goods which formed part of the final charges admitted by the ex-SNP chief executive have been retrieved.

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These items were photographed by investigators and five images were released to the media by the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) when Murrell admitted his crimes last month. A further 50 of these police images have now been published by the Crown Office. The pictures were taken at a number of locations, including the former Glasgow home of Murrell and Sturgeon - where a high profile police search of the property and garden took place in 2023.

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