Former SNP chief executive Murrell appears in court charged with embezzlement
Peter Murrell made no plea at the private hearing.
By contributor PA Scotland reporter
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Former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell has appeared in court charged with embezzlement.
Murrell, 60, appeared at a private petition hearing at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Friday.
He made no plea or declaration and was committed for further examination and bailed.
The charge relates to Police Scotland’s long-running Operation Branchform probe into SNP finances.
Murrell is separated from former first minister Nicola Sturgeon who announced earlier this year that the couple have “decided to end” their marriage.
