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Xander Elliards

'No evidence' Peter Murrell stole public money, watchdogs tell Scottish Labour MP

Former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell leaving in a prison van from the High Court in Edinburgh after being jailed for more than five years (Image: Jane Barlow/PA)

THERE is “no reason to believe” weaknesses in the system may have allowed Peter Murrell to embezzle public money and “no evidence” he did so, two public bodies have told a Westminster committee.

Both the House of Commons and the Electoral Commission responded to inquiries from the Scottish Affairs Committee – which has been floating the idea of an investigation into the SNP’s finances – with letters saying that they did not think that Murrell stole taxpayer cash.

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