A £1,200 space telescope, a £1,475 fountain pen, a Monopoly board game and two toilet seats are some of the items Peter Murrell bought using money he embezzled from the SNP.
He also bought three designer manicure sets for nearly £294, DVDs of the Danish political thriller Borgen, a Grand Theft Auto V video game and a designer egg poacher set for nearly £24.
Also among his purchases were a Jura Giga 5 Cromo coffee machine for nearly £3,232 – and a book of speeches by his estranged wife, Nicola Sturgeon.
Ms Sturgeon has said she “had no knowledge or suspicion whatsoever that personal items had been purchased using SNP funds”, after Murrell admitted embezzling £400,000 from the SNP.
In a statement released through her lawyer, Aamer Anwar, Ms Sturgeon said she and Murrell had separate bank accounts and she had no access to his financial records.
Earlier, Ms Sturgeon said she was “utterly appalled” that her former husband had used the party’s money for personal purposes.
The 126-page indictment details hundreds of things Murrell bought using the embezzled funds.
List of some of the items bought with the embezzled money
– Celestron 10169 NexStar 8SE computerised Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope (£1,199). He also bought a number of accessories for the device on the same day.
– The Killing seasons 1-3 on DVD (£60). The list also includes purchases of DVDs of Borgen, The Government and Sherlock Holmes.
– Grand Theft Auto V for Playstation 4 (£42.99). Other gaming-related purchases on the list include Fifa 2014, Battlefield 4, and a Playstation 3 console.
– Three Wusthof manicure sets (£293.70).
– Joseph Joseph bread bin (£60).
– Netatmo rain gauge for a Netatmo weather station plus mounts for rain and wind gauges (£78.99).
– The Beatles special edition fountain pen and rollerball (£1,475).
– 1:30 scale model helicopter from Let’s Shop Airbus of Airbus Operations Limited (£550.59).
– Two pairs of Fit Nation Socks (£11.95).
– Victorinox bike tool kit (£22.41).
– Two Freskaro carabiner clips and a 2win2buy rock climbing carabiner outdoor sports tool (£40.49).
– Oxo Good Grips egg poacher set (£23.98).
– Copy of the board game Monopoly, published by Hasbro (£19.79).
– Copy of the book Women Hold Up Half the Sky: Selected Speeches of Nicola Sturgeon (£22.04).
– Two Fisher bullet space pens in gift boxes and two Fischer Eclipse American technology space pens (£89.25).
– Two pairs of Gold Leaf gents dry touch gloves and six bottles of Avon Skin So Soft body spray (£58.73).
– Luxury handmade 90th birthday card (£5.85).
– Jura Giga 5 Cromo coffee machine (£3,231.90).
– Two Smedbo Sideline design soap baskets (£116).
– Oak library ladder (£943).
– Jamie Oliver Acacia wooden spoon set (£14.88).
– Four Simple Human kitchen cupboard cabinet organisers (£196.08).
– Two Helly Hansen men’s vests (£140.49).
– Le Creuset wine bottle cooler sleeve, foil remover, and champagne and sparkling wine bottle opener (£57).
– Three Take the Slow Road books, covering Scotland, Wales, England and Ireland (£42.45).
– 2017 United Kingdom silver proof coin set from the Royal Mint (£625).
– 600g pack of Chocolossus biscuits (£17.95).
– Two Ideal Standard toilet seats (£68.82).
– Fortnum & Mason musical advent calendar (£150).
– Two Addis washing-up bowls (£10.98).
– Folio Society edition of Walter Scott’s novel Rob Roy (£307.50).
– Two Feuilles pepper and salt grinders (£2,618.16).
– George Foreman Flexe 26250 electric grill (£49.99).
– Three Jacobi Jane bird feeders (£154.97).
– Eight umbrellas (£1,990.50).
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