Former SNP chief executive Murrell is accused of embezzling £459,000 from the party over a 12-year period.

Scotland's top law official has again defended her actions over memos sent to John Swinney about the criminal case against former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell.

Documents show the lord advocate first informed John Swinney that Peter Murrell had been charged with embezzlement in March.

TOP prosecutor Dorothy Bain KC secretly told the First Minister almost a YEAR ago that Nicola Sturgeon’s estranged husband ...

He is accused of illicitly purchasing items including luxury goods, jewellery, cosmetics, two cars and a motorhome.

Nicola Sturgeon asked for a “little bit of privacy in my own home” as she broke her silence following the arrest of her husband Peter Murrell in a probe of SNP finances. Speaking outside her house ...

SCOTLAND’S top law officer has accused Labour MSP Anas Sarwar of putting “factual errors into the public domain” and reminded ...

Peter Murrell, who is Nicola Sturgeon's estranged husband, is alleged to have used the money to buy items including a motorhome and luxury goods and towards the purchase of two cars ...

SCOTLAND’S top prosecutor tipped off John Swinney about the exact amount Nicola Sturgeon’s estranged husband is accused of embezzling from the SNP — but hid the details from the public Lord ...

The Lord Advocate, who leads the Crown Office prosecution service and is part of the Scottish Government, told MSPs she sent the minute to the First Minister to inform him of a “significant ...

John Swinney briefed on Peter Murrell charges before they became public - The Conservatives say the First Minister received a ...