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BBC News

around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at another story making news. the former chief executive of the scottish national party, peter murrell, has been charged in connection with the embezzlement of funds from the snp. mr murrell, who is married to the former scottish first minister nicola sturgeon, was taken into custody for questioning on thursday more than a year after he was first arrested. a police investigation is ongoing. our scotland editor james cook has more. at the heart of this enquiry is nearly £667,000 raised by the snp between 2017 and 2020 to campaign for independence. questions first arose at the end of 2019 when it emerged the party had just under £97,000 in the bank. and tonight, one more development in an enquiry that has sent shockwaves through scottish politics — peter murrell has resigned his membership of the snp.

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BBC News

story making news. the former chief executive of the scottish national party, peter murrell, has been charged in connection with the embezzlement of funds from the snp. mr murrell, who is married to the former scottish first minister nicola sturgeon, was taken into custody for questioning on thursday — more than a year after he was first arrested. a police investigation is ongoing. our scotland editor, james cook, has more. at the heart of this enquiry is nearly £667,000 raised by the snp between 2017 and 2020 to campaign for independence. questions first arose at the end of 2019 when it emerged that the party had just under £97,000 in the bank. tonight one more development in enquiry that has sent shock waves through scottish politics, peter marshall has resigned his membership of the snp. what happens now? well what happens now? the police say in due course, they will send what is known

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Verified Live

running police investigation into what's happened to hundreds of thousands of pounds of donations to the snp. we now know that an individual has been charged. peter has been charged where the allegation of embezzlement from party funds and that's a really serious matter indeed. many people in the snp right across scottish politics will be shocked by the news. well, no details of what mr murrell is accused of embezzling and the fact that proceedings are now live means that strict legal rules kick in which constrain what the public and politicians can speculate and say. that's to ensure that there's a fair trial. should the crown office, which now looks at the evidence which has been gathered by police, decide whether to go ahead with a prosecution as that process gets under way. the police investigation, which is known as 0peration branch form, continues. and they have said within the last few minutes that colin beattie,

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BBC News

in the snp, right across scottish politics, will be shocked by the news. ~ ., ., , ., ., ~ news. well, no details of what mr murrell is accused _ news. well, no details of what mr murrell is accused of— news. well, no details of what mr murrell is accused of embezzling, | murrell is accused of embezzling, and the fact that proceedings are now live means that strict legal rules kick in which constrain what the public and politicians can speculate and say, that is to ensure that there is a fair trial, should the crown office, which now looks at the crown office, which now looks at the evidence which has been gathered ljy the evidence which has been gathered by police, decide whether or not to go ahead with a prosecution. is that process gets under way, the police investigation, which is known as operation branch form, continues, and they have said within the last few minutes that colin beattie, who was the former treasurer of the snp who was arrested last year, and nicola sturgeon, the former leader of the snp who was also arrested last year, have not been re—arrested or charged but remain under investigation as part of inquiries into the funding and finances of the

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BBC News

issue here, so i can't say any more. i'm not going to say any more. the home she shares with peter murrell was searched by police when he was first arrested last year, as was the snp headquarters. mr murrell was its chief executive for more than two decades. after being held in custody for more than nine hours yesterday, he now stands accused of embezzlement, the misuse of funds, stealing money from the party he once ran. irate stealing money from the party he once ran. ~ ., ~ ., ., ., once ran. we now know that an individual _ once ran. we now know that an individual has _ once ran. we now know that an individual has been _ once ran. we now know that an individual has been charged. i once ran. we now know that an i individual has been charged. peter has been _ individual has been charged. peter has been charged. the allegation of embezzlement from party funds, and that's_ embezzlement from party funds, and that's a _ embezzlement from party funds, and that's a really serious matter indeed — that's a really serious matter indeed. many people in the snp, i’ilht indeed. many people in the snp, right across scottish politics, will be shocked by the news. the party's former treasurer, _ be shocked by the news. the party's former treasurer, colin _ be shocked by the news. the party's former treasurer, colin beattie, - be shocked by the news. the party's former treasurer, colin beattie, andj former treasurer, colin beattie, and nicola sturgeon, who were both also previously arrested, remain under investigation but have not been

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BBC News

weeks after resigning as chief executive of the snp, when officers searched the home he shares with nicola sturgeon on the outskirts of glasgow. as part of their inquiry, police also searched the snp's headquarters in edinburgh and seized this luxury motorhome from outside the house of mr murrell�*s mother in fife. is your party imploding? two weeks later, officers arrested the scottish national party treasurer, colin beattie. and then, last summer, ms sturgeon herself. after questioning, both were released without charge. at the heart of this inquiry is nearly £667,000 raised by the snp between 2017 and 2020 to campaign for independence. questions first arose at the end of 2019, when it emerged that the party had just under £97,000 in the bank. and one more development in an inquiry that has sent shockwaves through scottish politics, scottish

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The World Today with Maryam Moshiri

with peter murrell was searched by police when he was first arrested last year, as was the snp's headquarters. mr murrell was its chief executive for more than two decades. after being held in custody for more than nine hours yesterday, he now stands accused of embezzlement, the misuse of funds — stealing money from the party he once ran. we now know that the individual has been charged, peter has been charged, where the allegation of embezzlement from party funds — and that's a really serious matter indeed. many people in the snp right across scottish politics will be shocked by the news. the party's former treasurer, colin beattie, and nicola sturgeon — who were both also previously arrested — remain under investigation but have not been rearrested or charged. when nicola sturgeon stepped down as scotland's longest—serving first minister, she said she would remain a member

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BBC News and Weather

when i'm driving away. thank you. the home she shares with peter murrell was searched by police when he was first arrested last year, as was the snp�*s headquarters. mr murrell was its chief executive for more than two decades. after being held in custody for more than nine hours yesterday, he now stands accused of embezzlement — the misuse of funds, stealing money from the party he once ran. we now know that an individual has been charged, peter has been charged, where the allegation of embezzlement from party funds and that's a really serious matter indeed. many people in the snp, right across scottish politics, will be shocked by the news. the party's former treasurer colin beattie and nicola sturgeon, who were both also previously arrested, remain under investigation, but have not been rearrested or charged. when nicola sturgeon stepped down

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Newsday

in an inquiry that has sent shock waves through scottish politics — peter murrell has resigned his membership of the snp. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines.... kenya's president, william ruto, has confirmed that the defence chief, general francis ogolla, has been killed in a helicopter crash. nine other people died in the crash, in the rift valley in the west of the country. yemen has become the latest gulf country to be hit by a torrential rain storm that's swept across the region. one person was killed when roads, farms and businesses were flooded in an area around the port city of mukalla. the same storm has killed at least 19 people in the gulf. a polish man has been arrested and charged with planning to co—operate with russian intelligence services to aid a possible assassination of volodymyr zelensky, authorities said.

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Newsnight

good evening. the former chief executive of the snp, peter murrell, has been charged in connection with the embezzlement of funds from the scottish national party. mr murrell, who is married to the former scottish first minister nicola sturgeon, was taken into custody for questioning this morning more than a year after he was first arrested. a police investigation is ongoing. our scotland editorjames cookjoins me from outside mr murrell�*s house. james. james. sophie, it's nearly three ears james. sophie, it's nearly three years since _ james. sophie, it's nearly three years since police _ james. sophie, it's nearly three years since police scotland - james. sophie, it's nearly three i years since police scotland opened operation branch form, looking into the funding and finances of the scottish national party, and today, for the first time, that investigation has resulted in a charge, a charge against the man who was four years at the heart of scottish politics, a development

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