We now know how Peter Murrell embezzled from the SNP - but not why

Details revealed in court show the persistence, cynicism and devious tactics used by the former chief executive.

Nicola Sturgeon’s ex and his £400,000 shopping spree

Fast cars, luxury watches – and, of course, that motorhome: the list of what former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell bought with embezzled funds is dizzying. Severin Carrell reports. As chief executive of the SNP Peter Murrell was an extraordinarily influential politician. Along with former SNP leader Alex Salmond he helped turn the party into an election-winning machine. And he married the woman who would increase its popularity even further – Nicola Sturgeon. Then came the news he had admi...

By Presented by Annie Kelly with Severin Carrell; produced by Eleanor Biggs, Saskia Collette, Tom Glasser, Ivor Manley, Aisha Riaz and Ross Burns; executive producer Homa Khaleeli