Figure caption, Peter Murrell SNP embezzlement details laid out in court ByAngus Cochrane Senior political journalist, BBC Scotland Published 11 minutes ago Former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell used charge cards, bank transfers and fake invoices to embezzle more than £400,000 from the party, it has been revealed. Murrell, the estranged husband of Nicola Sturgeon, used the funds to illicitly purchase goods including jewellery, cosmetics, two cars and a motorhome over a 12-year period.