Motorhome bought by Murrell with stolen SNP money was driven only 4 miles, court told

Peter Murrell arrive at the high court in Edinburgh on Tuesday as the prosecution outlined details of the case. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian

The luxury motorhome that Peter Murrell bought using money stolen from the Scottish National party was driven for only four miles, sitting unused for more than two years.

Murrell, then the SNP’s chief executive, drove the £124,550 Niesmann+Bischoff vehicle from the dealers at Halbeath in Fife in January 2021 to his mother’s home in Dunfermline – a cost of £31,138 a mile.