Nicola Sturgeon said she had the worst week of her life after Peter Murrell admitted embezzling £400,310.65 from the SNP between 2010 and 2022. She said she was not OK and felt deceived, misled, and betrayed. Murrell appeared in court after pleading guilty and was remanded in custody. Sturgeon said she was completely exonerated following a two-year forensic police investigation, during which officers searched the home she shared with Murrell. She said she fully cooperated with Police Scotland, answered questions, and followed her lawyer’s advice. She said she sent a detailed written response and was not contacted again until she was cleared.
"“This has been probably the worst week of my life.” She added: “The last few years have had some tough ones for me, but this one, I think, surpasses all of them.” The former SNP leader stressed she had been “completely exonerated” after a “two-year-long, very forensic police investigation” which saw police officers search the home she and Murrell had shared."
"“The last few years have had some tough ones for me, but this one, I think, surpasses all of them.” Ms Sturgeon was also arrested and questioned by police as part of that, and she insisted she had “fully co-operated” with Police Scotland. Asked about reports she said “no comment” to officers' questions, Ms Sturgeon insisted: “I did answer Police Scotland's questions.”"
"“I followed the advice of my lawyer in a very stressful situation. I think most people would follow the advice of their lawyer.” She added that after the police interview she “sent a fully detailed written response to the questions that the police had put to me”, saying that she “never heard any more from them for two years until they told me I was cleared”."
"Former Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon said she is having “probably the worst week” of her life after her former husband admitted embezzling more than £400,000 from the party she once led. Conceding she was “not OK”, the former SNP leader said she had been “deceived”, “misled” and “betrayed” by her ex-husband, Peter Murrell."
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