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Peter Murrell was one half of the most powerful political couple Scotland has ever seen.

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The power behind the throne on which sat his now estranged wife Nicola Sturgeon, he was, as chief executive of the SNP, regarded as the practical brains behind the party’s electoral juggernaut.

While Nicola Sturgeon was the politics and the face - taking to podiums and taking selfies as Scotland’s First Minister and SNP leader - he was running the operation, and as we know now, pocketing hundreds of thousands of the party’s money to spend lavishly on luxury items.

In Edinburgh’s High Court he looked as diffident as ever - the epitome of a quiet, bespectacled man, who shied away from the limelight in which his partner appeared to bask. In a navy suit, white shirt and navy tie he arrived in the sunlight. carrying a holdall.

A guilty plea a few hours later and he left the court in handcuffs. A snatched photo of him in a prison van showed he was also now tieless.

It is a cliche to talk of how far the mighty fall,........

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