Sturgeon Says Her Husband Hid Theft of Party Money and His Guilty Plea

Nicola Sturgeon told an Edinburgh Fringe audience on August 8 that Peter Murrell secretly admitted stealing over £400,000 from the SNP — Scotland's governing party — months before she knew. She learned of the plea one week before court. Details of his spending emerged only at the hearing. He lied to her until the day he admitted guilt, she said.