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<p dir="auto">This probably isn't of much interest outside of the UK, but I find the whole thing bizarre. The guy was the husband of the SNP Leader Nicola Sturgeon, who sounds a bit fishy, but apparently won't be charged.</p>
<p dir="auto">Murrell bought a luxury SUV – a Jaguar iPace – for £81,000, subsided with £57,500 stolen from the SNP money, which he later sold for £47,378, pocketing the proceeds. There was also a £124,550 Niesmann+Bischoff motorhome, which he parked on his mother’s driveway, and for which he created fake invoices.</p>
<p dir="auto">He used a further £16,489 of SNP money to part-fund the purchase of a £32,989 Volkswagen Golf.</p>
<p dir="auto">She claimed that she never noticed the expensive motorhome parked at her mother-in-law's home, as it was behind a wall.</p>
<p dir="auto">You can see how she'd miss this:<br />
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<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/jon-nyc" aria-label="Profile: jon-nyc">@<bdi>jon-nyc</bdi></a> <a href="/post/364609">said</a>:</p>
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<p dir="auto">What motor home?</p>
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<p dir="auto">chuckle...</p>
]]></description><link>https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/364621</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/364621</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[89th]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 15:50:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Former Scottish National Party CEO jailed for 5 years on Tue, 23 Jun 2026 15:43:33 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto">Stupid people risking their freedom for paltry sums of money. Even for millions or billions. In jail, how are you going to enjoy it? Idiots.</p>
]]></description><link>https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/364620</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/364620</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[mark]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 15:43:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Former Scottish National Party CEO jailed for 5 years on Tue, 23 Jun 2026 13:01:27 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/doctor-phibes" aria-label="Profile: Doctor-Phibes">@<bdi>Doctor-Phibes</bdi></a></p>
<p dir="auto">What motor home?</p>
]]></description><link>https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/364609</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://nodebb.the-new-coffee-room.club/post/364609</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[jon-nyc]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 13:01:27 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Former Scottish National Party CEO jailed for 5 years on Tue, 23 Jun 2026 12:45:21 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p dir="auto"><a class="plugin-mentions-user plugin-mentions-a" href="/user/doctor-phibes" aria-label="Profile: Doctor-Phibes">@<bdi>Doctor-Phibes</bdi></a> British politics has reached that charming stage where embezzlement is no longer denied on factual grounds but on architectural ones.</p>
<p dir="auto">The motorhome was behind a wall, so naturally it passed at once into Scottish folklore.</p>
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