Sturgeon says Murrell lied to her until his guilty plea, kept plea talks secret for months

Nicola Sturgeon told an Edinburgh Fringe audience on August 8 that Peter Murrell negotiated his guilty plea to embezzling over £400,000 from the SNP for months without informing her. She learned of the plea one week before court and discovered details of his purchases with party funds only during the hearing. Murrell was lying to her "right up until the day he pleaded guilty," she said.