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RECAP: Peter Murrell pleads guilty embezzlement charge

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  • Peter Murrell appeared at the High Court in Edinburgh and made a guilty plea to taking £400,310.65 from party coffers
  • First Minister John Swinney said he shared the “overwhelming anger felt by SNP members”
  • Nicola Sturgeon has said that she was "angry, hurt, sad and very distressed"
  • Police Scotland said Murrell 'has shown utter contempt for the high public trust placed in him'

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