Items bought by former chief executive included more than £23,000 from a luxury stationery brand and a £3,000 robotic lawnmower BBC Scotland has more details of the Peter Murrell hearing this morning on its live blog. And, on its live blog , Sky News has pictures of some of the items purchased by Murrell with stolen SNP funds. Andy Burnham will not call an early election if he becomes prime minister after the Makerfield byelection, a spokesperson for the Greater Manchester mayor has said. Continue reading...
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Murrell used false accounting and fake invoices to hide SNP embezzlement, court hears – UK politics live
Peter Murrell, former chief executive, is accused of using false accounting and fake invoices to conceal embezzlement of Scottish National Party (SNP) funds. Court proceedings revealed that purchases made with these funds included over £23,000 spent on a luxury stationery brand and a £3,000 robotic lawnmower.
Andrew SparrowThe Guardian - World NewsFiled 2026-06-02 · 09:46 GMTLean · Center-LeftRead · 1 min
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Peter Murrell, former chief executive, is accused of using false accounting and fake invoices to conceal embezzlement of Scottish National Party (SNP) funds. Court proceedings revealed that purchases made with these funds included over £23,000 spent on a luxury stationery brand and a £3,000 robotic lawnmower. BBC Scotland and Sky News are providing live coverage of the hearing, with Sky News sharing images of items bought with the alleged stolen funds. Separately, a spokesperson for Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham stated he would not call an early election if he became prime minister following the Makerfield byelection.
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Andy Burnham will not call an early election if he becomes prime minister after the Makerfield byelection.
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A £3,000 robotic lawnmower was among items purchased by Murrell with stolen SNP funds.
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Items bought by former chief executive included more than £23,000 from a luxury stationery brand.
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Peter Murrell used false accounting and fake invoices to hide SNP embezzlement.
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