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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Neil Pooran

Swinney: Timing of Murrell embezzlement hearing is matter for the courts

John Swinney was campaigning in South Queensferry (Peter Summers/PA) -

Decisions on the timings of cases are a matter for the courts, John Swinney has said, after a hearing for former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell was moved until after the Holyrood election.

The First Minister declined to comment on the publication of the indictment against Murrell, who is Nicola Sturgeon’s estranged husband.

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