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ScribblerIran · 13/02/2026 19:21

I would be really careful about these comments given contempt of court. He deserves a fair trial .

timetogoandstop · 13/02/2026 19:29

ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 13/02/2026 19:15

Linked to in post above yours

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Thank you, saw that after posting. It’s all very murky and incredulous to think NS wasn’t aware. I’ve got a feeling more will emerge about their marriage too.

Iwiicit · 13/02/2026 19:40

Let's hope he decides to drag her down to the bottom of the swamp with him. Why wouldn't he? She's well and truly chucked him under the bus.

Ophir · 13/02/2026 20:11

TheGoddessAthena · 13/02/2026 18:01

Carefully distancing herself from her "marriage" and much loved ex-husband who she lived with and worked closely with but had zero idea that he had his hand in the cookie jar. Allegedly.

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In the le creuset cookie jar

Hoppinggreen · 13/02/2026 20:29

Where did his wife think the £140k for a brand new camper van came from?

Igneococcus · 13/02/2026 20:41

What is the salary for the CEO of the SNP? I have no idea how much you get paid in a position like that.

WhyamIinahandcartandwherearewegoing · 13/02/2026 20:45

CrustyBread1977 · 13/02/2026 18:26

So bloody disappointing. I’ve never been a Nationalist but I thought she was a proper serious politician. Especially during Covid, compared to those charlatans down South. I give up on politics.

the SNP were, and always have been, good at campaigning and presentation of announcements - painting on the windows of an unfinished and half built ferry so sturgeon could “launch” it pre election being just one example…

When it comes to delivery they are useless.

She got a free pass during covid for her slick podium speeches and by not being Boris Johnson. The actual management of Scotland was no better than the rest of the uk in that regard.

bunch of charlatans.

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Igneococcus · 13/02/2026 21:14

What are Amazon fraud parcels?

abitsadbuthappy · 13/02/2026 21:25

I saw he'd spent some of the money on jewellery and cosmetics and yet notice that he seems to wear neither. I wonder where it all ended up?

HighStreetOtter · 13/02/2026 21:27

Of course she knew, he’s just agreed to carry the can. The motorhome was hardly a secret from her.

Seeingadistance · 13/02/2026 21:28

Iwiicit · 13/02/2026 19:40

Let's hope he decides to drag her down to the bottom of the swamp with him. Why wouldn't he? She's well and truly chucked him under the bus.

She didn’t even need a bus to throw him under. There was a campervan, VW and a Jaguar!

I also hope he takes her down with him. There’s no way she wasn’t complicit.

Scoffingbiscuits · 13/02/2026 23:47

If Sturgeon knew what was going on or was actually involved (and it's really hard to live and work with someone and hide 2 luxury new cars and a campervan from them) then I suppose Peter Murrell has Sturgeon's future in his hands.
And what about the SNP treasurer? What did he do about the missing £500K?

Scoffingbiscuits · 13/02/2026 23:55

It's mindblowing stuff. I'd love to know the psychology behind this. Was it just a hugely overblown sense of entitlement and invulnerability? Or something else?

TheGoddessAthena · 14/02/2026 08:04

Igneococcus · 13/02/2026 21:14

What are Amazon fraud parcels?

Come on.

The case alledges that this is proof that Murrell knew what he was doing was wrong. That if you were genuinely ordering work-related stuff on expenses from Amazon, that you would have it delivered to your house, or office. Not your inlaws houses.

And that the delivery addresses, coupled with the contents of the parcels which weren't post-it notes and printer cartridges, suggest they may not be work essentials. So are we to believe that irrespective of the relationship between husband and wife, that the wife didn't speak to her own family either?

Igneococcus · 14/02/2026 08:07

TheGoddessAthena · 14/02/2026 08:04

Come on.

The case alledges that this is proof that Murrell knew what he was doing was wrong. That if you were genuinely ordering work-related stuff on expenses from Amazon, that you would have it delivered to your house, or office. Not your inlaws houses.

And that the delivery addresses, coupled with the contents of the parcels which weren't post-it notes and printer cartridges, suggest they may not be work essentials. So are we to believe that irrespective of the relationship between husband and wife, that the wife didn't speak to her own family either?

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I'm not defending PM, I was seriously wondering what Amazon fraud is and how it works. Mostly because I have seen threads where people say they get dozens of Amazon parcels delivered of stuff they haven't ordered and other posters say it's a common fraud. I was hoping someone would tell me how it works.

TheGoddessAthena · 14/02/2026 08:13

There is a full list of the companies he is said to have spent money here.

https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/15922370/peter-murrell-amazon-fraud-nicola-sturgeon-sister-parents/?utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=scottishsuntwitter&u-tm_source=Twitter

It is hard to see how purchases from Estee Lauder/MAC or Joseph Joseph could be written off as a business expense. Some of the others for whisky, or places like B&Q conceivably could be.

Interested to see Norah George on that list - I don't think it's trading any more but it is/was a very nice shop for hand-dyed yarn for knitting and crochet. Mind boggles.

Peter Murrell ‘sent Amazon fraud parcels to Nicola Sturgeon’s parents & sister'

PETER Murrell sent items bought during an alleged £81,000 Amazon splurge fraud to the homes of Nicola Sturgeon’s parents and her sister, prosecutors claim. The former SNP chief executive is accused…

https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/15922370/peter-murrell-amazon-fraud-nicola-sturgeon-sister-parents/?u-tm_source=Twitter

guinnessguzzler · 14/02/2026 08:22

@Igneococcus In this case I think 'Amazon fraud parcels' is just Sun-speak for allegedly buying things off Amazon with party funds but I could be wrong! The sending of unsolicited parcels to addresses via Amazon as a method of fraud is definitely a thing and I have had it explained to me before but I can't remember how it works.

Igneococcus · 14/02/2026 08:29

guinnessguzzler · 14/02/2026 08:22

@Igneococcus In this case I think 'Amazon fraud parcels' is just Sun-speak for allegedly buying things off Amazon with party funds but I could be wrong! The sending of unsolicited parcels to addresses via Amazon as a method of fraud is definitely a thing and I have had it explained to me before but I can't remember how it works.

Haha, I'm sure someone has explained it to me before as well but I didn't quite understand it and it has gone completely from my mind. Like bitcoin, several people who claim to know how it works have explained it to me and still every time bitcoin is mentions I go "but how?"

I sometimes order things for work from Amazon and they get delivered to my home address when I forget to change the delivery address but my colleague in accounts would never sign of the reimbursement claim (I pay with my CC) without a proper invoice and a comment what it was for. Which makes me wonder where all the accountants and auditors where in this.

Igneococcus · 14/02/2026 08:30

I have no idea why my response to @guinnessguzzler has been hidden, there was nothing whatsoever contentious in it.

TheGoddessAthena · 14/02/2026 08:34

guinnessguzzler · 14/02/2026 08:22

@Igneococcus In this case I think 'Amazon fraud parcels' is just Sun-speak for allegedly buying things off Amazon with party funds but I could be wrong! The sending of unsolicited parcels to addresses via Amazon as a method of fraud is definitely a thing and I have had it explained to me before but I can't remember how it works.

Yes you're right. Buying non-work related stuff. There are many reasons why purchases from Amazon for work would be perfectly normal. Our primary school used to have an Amazon wish-list for art resources and that sort of thing.

I'm sure it will all be reported in full during the trial which should be interesting.

guinnessguzzler · 14/02/2026 08:37

@Igneococcus Who knows? This whole thing is very odd. Can't believe the preliminary hearing now won't take place until after the election. Well, I can believe it actually, of course.

Mylovelygreendress · 14/02/2026 08:39

What a shock . Said no one ever .

Igneococcus · 14/02/2026 08:42

guinnessguzzler · 14/02/2026 08:37

@Igneococcus Who knows? This whole thing is very odd. Can't believe the preliminary hearing now won't take place until after the election. Well, I can believe it actually, of course.

I've lived in Scotland long enough to find that very easy to believe too. In fact I wouldn't have expected it to go ahead before the election.

guinnessguzzler · 14/02/2026 08:46

@Igneococcus Also, the fraud around sending unsolicited parcels to strangers from Amazon (and presumably other suppliers) is apparently called 'brushing'. This is not what Murrell is accused of but is a different type of common fraud relating to Amazon orders and deliveries. It seems to work in two ways; first the scammers order stuff from their own shop or business to you, using your genuine address, and then use this cheap but real order to increase ratings by giving themselves 5 star reviews, second the package may include QR codes to get more info / give review etc but these will be to dodgy links which will then be phishing. This is what the Internet tells me anyway but it sounds in line with what someone previously told me on this.