Former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and ex-SNP chief executive Peter Murrell have "decided to end" their marriage. In a social media post, Sturgeon said the pair had been separated for some time. Murrell was charged with embezzling SNP funds in April as part of a police investigation into the party's finances.

The former first minister announced she would be divorcing her husband of 14 years and said the couple had been separated "for some time".

Former first minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon and former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell have “decided to end” their marriage, she said in a post on social media. Last April Mr Murrell was charged in connection with the embezzlement of funds from the Scottish National Party.

In a shocking statement the former first minister confirmed that she and her husband Peter Murrell intend to end their marriage

Record Political Editor Paul Hutcheon says John Swinney has to learn lessons from the mistakes of the Sturgeon and Salmond years.

Former first minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon ends marriage to Peter Murrell - Writing on social media, she said the decision had been made ‘with a heavy heart’.

The former Scottish first minister had been married to Mr Murrell, the former chief executive of the SNP, since 2010.

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