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Yousaf: Sturgeon ‘Quite a Broken Woman’ Discussing Murrell Confession
Yousaf said he believes Sturgeon was unaware of Murrell’s embezzlement and described the BBC interview as evidence of the toll from the scandal.
- Former First Minister Humza Yousaf said Nicola Sturgeon looked like a "broken woman" during her recent BBC interview discussing her ex-husband Peter Murrell's embezzlement of more than £400,000 from the SNP.
- Peter Murrell pleaded guilty at the High Court in Edinburgh to embezzling SNP funds between 2010 and 2022, purchasing luxury items including coffee machines and grinders worth more than £2,600.
- Sturgeon stated she feels like she is "serving a sentence for a crime I did not commit," noting her ex-husband never explained why he took party funds during the BBC interview.
- Yousaf told BBC Newsnight he was "utterly gobsmacked" and "livid" when police raided SNP headquarters in Edinburgh in 2023, shortly after he succeeded Sturgeon as party leader.
- While acknowledging public skepticism about Sturgeon's knowledge of the 12-year crime spree, Yousaf described his predecessor as a "person of great integrity" and said he believes her.
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