Former First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon has spoken to the BBC in her first interview since her estranged husband Peter Murrell pled guilty to embezzling £400,000 from the SNP.
Speaking to Laura Kuenssberg, Sturgeon said: “I am not responsible for the crimes that my former husband committed and I’m not going to apologise for somebody else’s crimes”.
She felt she was “serving a sentence for a crime I did not commit”.
On Monday, Murrell, the SNP’s former chief executive, admitted using party funds to purchase items including luxury goods, jewellery, cosmetics, two cars and a motorhome. Sturgeon has consistently denied any knowledge of Murrell’s crimes.
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