Nicola Sturgeon claims she has been unfairly vilified over the £400,000 embezzled by her estranged husband from the SNP's coffers and spent on household luxuries.

Insisting she knew nothing of his crimes while living together, the former First Minister said: 'I'm feeling as if I'm serving a sentence for a crime I did not commit. I'm not going to apologise for somebody else's crimes.'

Ms Sturgeon's estranged husband Peter Murrell, 61, who was the Scottish National Party's chief executive for more than 20 years, last week pleaded guilty to embezzling more than £400,000 from the organisation.

He spent the cash on gifts, luxury items and vehicles, including an £80,000 Jaguar SUV and a £125,000 motorhome.

But since his admission at the High Court in Edinburgh, Ms Sturgeon has faced scepticism and mockery after insisting she never questioned him on the hundreds of household goods he was buying – despite many of them costing thousands of pounds each.

Meanwhile it was also revealed Murrell bought more than 100 toilet rolls just hours before the-then First Minister warned the public against panic-buying during the pandemic.

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