The SNP’s campervan Pete remanded for 400k embezzlement

Remember he did not steal from taxpayers he stole from SNP party, 2 different things.

   Surely it was Tax payers money as these were donations from Tax paying members. ?

   Probably not got bail for fears he would flee the country.

Possibly flight risk. That’s a good point, I did think that myself might be reason.
Tax payers money not sure that’s a viable charge, maybe some of the SNP donators were tax dodgers.
Btw not saying they were, not at all.

Proceeds of crime act could come in here and then he’s no money, all I know is he pled guilty to embezzlement from SNP which papers reported, I know nothing about him apart from that.

Why do I think the 400k is all they've been able to pin on him? He wouldn't be the first to play that game.

My guess is he would be a flight risk. Never mind Sturgeon, was he doing all this alone? I guess so, but we'll never know. My betting is some elements of the media have more dirt to fling, when they choose to do so.

He pled guilty which obviously help’s anybody on indictment on sentencing,I would assume that was on advice from legal representation, if he can pay back a good proportion of money he could be out in 9 months.
Not saying that’s correct but that’s how it works.
As stated previously I think it all seems a bit murky, maybe the donor was a cryptocurrency man from abroad
There will be a few others running for cover.

Very strange case TBH not as if they were short of Money , Appears to be no addiction involved Bar Shopping , Crackers covers it

How was the money embezzled?

Was it straight transferred from an SNP account to one of his?

Was in meant for the SNP but deposited into one his accounts?

Were these just items bought from an SNP account but the goods ended up in his possession?

Nigel must be sweating.

Whatever the situation was and maybe we will never know but he’s one horrible vile individual who stole from his “alleged friends “ did he need a jaguar or caravan or other rubbish?
You could say he was a silly man but I’d say bad arrogant man.

I'd say the lefties on here, they know who they are, 
would have been a lot noisier had this thief not been a lefty.

Everyone is disgusted with him. Money that should have went towards an independent Scotland was used for himself.

He would get 8-10 years in an English Civil Court as sentence is determined by amount obtained by fraud.

Scotland no doubt have their own guide lines but it will be a good stretch.

Pleading guilty might have saved a few difficult questions in court/ lighter sentance.

Nicola seems to have the cards falling for her in all of this.

Does she know the dealer?

Seems he Purchased an expensive  Dyson Hair Drier , I doubt very much Pete purchased that for himself

Im Wrong

The purchase of two Dyson hairdryers by Peter Murrell—the former SNP chief executive—was revealed during court proceedings.

80 Grand Jag on the the Drive and a Grand worth of Hair dryers have arrived for a bald Man  , and She knew Nothing .Righty Oh

Wee Nicky  needs to be re questioned imvho

One of the funnier things he purchased was the video game " Grand theft Auto " ....
..... ( true btw )

A shocking state of affairs when a leading politician goes 'No comment'


https://www.youtube.com/shorts/s7tqNFZ8kfs

I have no comment on that post Norb

Barstool you can’t get 8 to 10 years in a civil court.
He was served an indictment by Scottish PF that means the sentence can be highest, don’t talk rubbish that you know nothing about, we all agree he’s a scumbag.

I would think that his legal representation have said to him you’re fckd here, plead guilty and take the deal, no trial, and the scumbag has taken it.

And wee krankie gets off scot-free

Sacrificial goat?

I have a feeling that hubby will be well compensated for taking the rap.

As a "leftie" I will prove saddo wrong by saying I think they should throw away the key. And Surgeon has a lot more questions to answer imo.

You're old school, salmon, respect.

Malay,

Sorry if I phrased that badly. In England we have Criminal Law and Civil law, cases of fraud are dealt with in the Civil courts to get your money back often in tandem with a trial in the Criminal Court for punishment of the same offence, although generally afterwards.

I know because it has happened to me and I spent over ÂŁ100k getting justice.

Kindly appreciate it is not rubbish I am talking about.

Have the SNP not held their own inquiry as to what was going on ?

Or would it not suit them if their Former Golden Girl was found to be Complicit ?

I can still see her up on the Podium giving it the Big Un

Meanwhile the Hubby was raiding the Party Funds , U cannot make it up

Found to be complicit! .

No chance Honest John will want and enquiry.

He was the one who appointed Murrow to CEO and is also on record denying any money was missing or there were any issues with party finances when the allegations first began to appear.

There’s other money missing.

The allegations all came about because of claims that 600k donated solely for the purpose of gaining independence that was meant to be ring fenced separately from SNP funds appeared to have disappeared.

Clearly magpie Pete hadn’t stolen all that money so they won’t want to have to answer questions about where the rest is.

Imagine handing over ÂŁ1,000 expecting it to be used to campaign for Scottish independence and it is spent on a hairdryer for a bald bloke.

rumours swirl about Peter Murrell's flamboyant tastes in soft furnishings



Are the Daily Mail trying to tell us Peter Murrell is a pillow biter?

Nicola Sturgeon insists she never saw 24ft motorhome in mother-in-law’s driveway despite it being there for two years

was pete on bullseye ?

Nicola now says she "didn't know him ( Murrell) at all". I suppose if they were each other's beards that's plausible.

Reading the nonsense she has now come out with it's almost as if she has forgotten she was also his boss, leader of the party he stole from, treasurer of the party when the previous one quit and never continually told members not to question the finances as they were fine.

saw somewhere he  alledgedly borrowed the snp 107k of their own money ffs .

Nicola Sturgeon has said she was "deceived, betrayed and lied to" by her estranged husband Peter Murrell as he embezzled hundreds of thousands of pounds from the SNP.

The former first minister told an audience at her first public appearance since Murrell pleaded guilty that she was coming to terms with being married to someone she "did not know at all".

"I have been misled, I have been lied to and I have been betrayed, and I won't be the last woman who has been betrayed by her husband.

She added that she would "probably need to sit with a therapist", saying that "this is a long-winded way of saying I am not OK".

https://x.com/SkyNews/status/2060054586958774768

That's something I thought I'd never see. Wee Nippy running away from a microphone.

I won't be the last woman who has been betrayed by her husband
"probably need to sit with a therapist",
"this is a long-winded way of saying I am not OK"

Obviously guilty, but going to get clean away with it because Murrell won't give evidence against her.

Instead of being thankful for that result she throws him under the motorhome and makes out she is the biggest victim of the case.

Yes. Pathetic.

Why are people surprised these are the kind of people that go into politics scary aint it

"I should not be held responsible for the wrongdoing of men"

At least wee nippy has had enough time since stepping down to work out what a man is.

She was berating reporters yesterday for asking questions
while she was trying to make a few more quid signing books ffs

It just sums up what a narcissistic little shrew she is.

It just sums up what a narcissistic little shrew she is.

Even if you take everything she says at face value why would you be doing a tour about your  autobiography and trying to flog your book in the same week your husband had a court appearance in the high court.

Maybe that was the plan all along and she is that detached from reality that she thought she would be getting more sympathy and be able to gurn about being the victim and it would be good PR for her.

Now she’s just a figure of fun to be laughed at.

The Big Yin made an Appearance at the Book event

is she doing the book tour in the camper van?

On Laura Kussenberg tomorrow morning.

Typical wee Jimmy. Does her tell all story in London on the BBC.

I gather she's playing the misogynist card, one or two of the lads on here will buy that.

It just gets better and better after years of being the big bold leader for scottish Indie

Nicola Sturgeon quits Scotland...to live in England u cannot make it up

Wont be too many Visits for Pete

Its like a Comedy Show

She has always been a total charlatan but she created a cult of personality which a lot of people bought in to (including several posters on here who are very much absent now).

It's a shame Salmond isn't here to put the boot in to them now given what they did to him. I never agreed with his politics but he was always a far better person than Wee Krankie and sneaky Pete. He also did better in the elections but all the sychophants sided with her and wheesh'd for indie when she knifed him in the back.

Karma.

killer question

have you even eaten pizza express in a camper van

Have you been self medicating to help yourself get through this difficult period for "Saint Nick" xmoney?

Another kick in the teeth for the MSM. None of the main media outlets in Scotland wanted to touch any of this in 2021. Well done to those who started to ask questions.

Swinney is very much against a public inquiry, there
must be more undiscovered corruption imo.

Or maybe the cost of an inquiry? Scottish inquiries costs,hospitals ÂŁ30 million,Child abuse ÂŁ100 million, Covid ÂŁ50 million. Waste of money.

Unless of course Westminster funds it?

Yes, that's the line you'd expect to hear from the leftists.
I don't believe them, Swinney and Pete grew up together, very close.

I think rather than leftists you could call them pragmatists.
If you think throwing many millions at this in the current climate is sensible,well....

I think anyone who entered a lavender marriage in 2010 is suspect.
It wasn't the 60s, why did they want to fool the public, pragmatism?

Is that the reason for spending millions in the public inquiry you are calling for?
Do you think the money from a non inquiry could be spent better.

If I was a SNPer with something to hide I would certainly agree with you, absolutely.

No suprise to see our Irish 'friends' continuing with the 'nothing to see here' as he they did throughout Wee Jimmy's stint in power.

Not allowed to say quare now.

For the record, the Irish and political establishment were all over Sturgeon the times she came over to see us. Support for her was basically the usual anti English stuff. They've suddenly gone quiet on all that. They'd want to concentrate on the continuing corruption at home than worry themselves abut what is going on in Scotland.

'Support for her was basically the usual anti English stuff.'



It would be, they'll never lose the chip. And the EU shills are trying to pretend
that Eire isn't sinking under immigrants with the rest of the doomed Empire

May 31, 2026 -- 11:32AM, lapsy pa wrote:

Is that the reason for spending millions in the public inquiry you are calling for?Do you think the money from a non inquiry could be spent better.

I thought you were an enthusiast for inquiries Lapay

*Lapsy. Bloody Sunday, IRA men who got shot....Must cost a few bob. If there has been an injustice and the investigation appeared a bit biased, then perhaps an inquiry is necessary. Here there has to be a strong suspicion that Murrell has been enabled by others who may get away with it as they are 'too big to fail'. The influence and connections the SNP leadership had with Police Scotland may be a factor.

We are talking about ÂŁ400k spent on campervans and coffee machines and the fella is doing time rightly so.  Trump and his family probably embezzling that equivalent every hour of every day

That post didn't last long.

Is it the 'crime' or independence that the real furore is about here?

I see that there is real anger on social media, arch Scots nationalists supporting Sturgeon. Is it not because they know in their heart of hearts this will nip SNP support, making the already very slim chance of independence even more of a pipedream.

SNP could easily be kingmakers after the next GE and force a referendum as part of the deal.  Chances of independence not to be sniffed at (personal circumstances for most will almost inevitably slide even further because of huge inequality, personal debt and government debt), although I hope not.

Westminster and the wider UK media have enough to be getting going on. Former First Minister Jack McConnell now asking for a joint Westminster/Holyrood inquiry. A standalone Holyrood inquiry might be seen as presiding over a "cover up", while a Westminster one might be perceived as carrying out "a hatchet job" on the SNP.

McConnell said a joint probe should look into whether the relationship between Scotland's prosecution service – the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) – and politicians in the Scottish government had become too close.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y0n73n1dgo

This story won't be allowed to whither on any vine.

Trump and his family probably embezzling that equivalent every hour of every day

Yes I hear there is a lot of corruption over in Africa as well so surely that's good enough reason for us to completely ignore what is happening in Scotland.

I saw the interview of one of the krankies by kuenssberg. She swore total oblivion to the whole thing including the gifts; the motorhome was allegedly parked partially out-of-sight in her estranged husband's parents home.

I find this astounding. In spite of there were numerous gifts of value from her estranged husband she professed utter ignorance. Maybe a politician's version of the truth.

... Needs putting into propective, 400k of party funds compared to 10.9 Billion trousered during covid.!

Aye, might as well let him off and forget it then

John Swinney reported to cops by Indy activist who �brought down Murrell’ Dear Me

Perhaps one of the hair driers were for John ?

Basically the ring fenced 600k plus that people donated specifically for the purpose of fighting another referendum has been frittered away on whatever the SNP felt like because they were short on cash at previous elections.

No wonder Honest John doesn't want an enquiry.

There is a lot more to this than the 400k, that's a certainty.

... Needs putting into propective, 400k of party funds compared to 10.9 Billion trousered during covid.!

400k that we know about. Highly likely to be a lot more.

Krankie gave a 7 hour 'no comment' interview.

The Police wanted to charge Krankie, but the CPS wouldn't authorise charges.

Krankie and the SNP treasurer, Beattie, refused to give police witness statements against Murrell,
despite both throwing Murrell under the bus in public statements.

Lots more to come imo.

When the full inquiry goes ahead, I'd imagine she'd want to be further away than London!

She's a book to peddle in the meantime

Living in London has its perks ...

   She will also avoid the higher income rates north of the border that she imposed on Scots, meaning anyone earning over about ÂŁ30k a year is forced to pay more into the public purse. She is earning a salary from her book deal and public appearances but would pay the cheaper English rates.


  Another nail in the coffin for independence.

5 years

I wonder if he will be allowed to bring his Hair dryer in with him ?

You can nick 400k and only do 2 1/2 years, or less, if you get caught.
Not much of a deterrent imo.

Surely his house has Gone , dosh will need to be repaid or has he been removed from the Deeds ?

I don’t know what’s more fitting.

That he has been sentenced on Amazon Prime day or the day the Scottish Prison Service finally complied with the law and moved male inmates who like to dress as females out of female prisons.

Does he like a bit of dressing up?

No.

He was in a loving marriage with a very observant and honest woman who would have noticed any such behaviour had it been presented to her in her own home and any suggestions otherwise is tittle tattle.

There's a prog on now about him, wondering if 'we'll ever find out why' he did it
Are they simple, why does any thief prefer nicking to working?

Yeah it was bizarre that the judge said that as well.

I mean what kind of motive could a person have for getting 400k worth of stuff they don’t have to pay for especially when everyone around them thinks he’s squeaky clean or a “proven winner” when he has been doing it for 10 years already.

Sturgeon 'I knew nothing'.

My husband that could spend party money with no questions asked spent 46k on Amazon and at the same time the party I led went into financial difficulty but I was completely unaware of anything untoward happening when I signed off the accounts.

She never seen the Van it was parked round the Side , Her words , So how did she know it was there ?

It’s not that she didn’t see it.

She just can’t recall remembering anything about the time period described as per usual.