Swinney blocks Holyrood probe into Murrell after embezzlement plea
TL;DR
Scottish Deputy First Minister John Swinney rejected calls for a Holyrood inquiry into Peter Murrell after he admitted embezzling more than £400,000 from the SNP; Anas Sarwar urged a probe into SNP culture, but Swinney said a five-year police investigation suffices as Murrell awaits sentencing, while Nicola Sturgeon denies wrongdoing and the government focuses on core priorities.
- Swinney rejects call for Holyrood inquiry into Murrell BBC
- First Minister's Questions: Peter Murrell's embezzlement conviction raised at first FMQs of new parliament term BBC
- Coffee machines, fountain pens and Grand Theft Auto: How Murrell spent the money BBC
- Sturgeon ‘shut down questions from awkward squad’ The Times
- It’s around your neck, Nicola! Sturgeon didn’t need to look far for evidence of ill-gotten gains The Telegraph
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