Title: Highlights: Nicola Sturgeon’s Exclusive BBC Interview with Laura Kuenssberg

In her first television interview since her estranged husband, Peter Murrell, pleaded guilty to misappropriating £400,000 from the Scottish National Party (SNP), former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon sat down with BBC’s Laura Kuenssberg. During the conversation, Sturgeon firmly distanced herself from her ex-husband’s actions, stating, "I am not responsible for the crimes that my former husband committed and I'm not going to apologise for somebody else's crimes." She expressed a deep sense of injustice, remarking that she felt she was "serving a sentence for a crime I did not commit."

Murrell, who previously served as the SNP’s chief executive, confessed on Monday to using party money to buy personal items such as luxury goods, jewelry, cosmetics, two vehicles, and a motorhome. Throughout the controversy, Sturgeon has maintained a consistent position that she had no prior knowledge of Murrell’s financial misconduct.

Source: BBC News Generated at: 2026-05-31 08:17:27 UTC