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- Court heard detailed allegations that Murrell systematically used SNP funds over more than a decade to pay for personal luxury goods, household items and even a fitted home library.
- Prosecutors set out how three vehicles – including a £124,550 Niesmann + Bischoff motorhome driven only four miles were bought with party money, disguised in the accounts and used solely for Murrell’s private benefit.
- The indictment includes examples of falsified invoices, from a bogus “Apple processor” to manufactured studio‑lighting receipts, along with mis‑coded purchases such as luxury watches logged as “event merchandise” and a robotic lawnmower recorded as “legal fees”.
- The court was told some of Murrell’s assets have already been frozen and that potential Proceeds of Crime action is likely to be considered after criminal justice social work reports are prepared.
- It emerged that Murrell instructed his lawyers in early March to explore resolving the case by a guilty plea.
