Scotland's former first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has confirmed she will not visit her estranged husband, Peter Murrell, in prison. She also stated she has stopped speaking to him since his imprisonment in June.
Murrell is serving a five-year sentence after pleading guilty to embezzling over £400,000 from the Scottish National Party. Speaking at the Edinburgh festival fringe during a podcast recording, Sturgeon said she views herself as a "mug" for having worried about his wellbeing and mental health earlier this year.
Sturgeon revealed she had not spoken to Murrell since he was imprisoned and learned he was due to plead guilty only a week before his court appearance. She later discovered he had been negotiating his plea for months prior to that, stating this "hit me like a tonne of bricks."
Murrell, 61, spent the embezzled funds on items including a motorhome, a Jaguar SUV, a VW Golf, boutique cosmetics, iPads, and Lalique Feuilles salt and pepper grinders. Sturgeon, 55, has consistently denied knowledge of Murrell's crimes, which occurred between 2010 and 2022, and was not charged after a police investigation.