Sturgeon says she felt betrayed by Murrell's hidden guilty plea

Former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has spoken publicly about the betrayal she felt from her estranged husband, Peter Murrell, stating she feels like a "mug" for worrying about him after he was jailed for embezzling hundreds of thousands of pounds from their party. In an interview at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Sturgeon revealed she only learned of Murrell's intention to plead guilty less than a week before he appeared in court, despite him having negotiated the plea for months.

Sturgeon described the emotional turmoil of discovering her husband of over 30 years had been living a double life. She told the audience she had been "deeply betrayed" and was still coming to terms with the fact she had been "living with somebody I never really knew properly." The former first minister explained that while she had worried about Murrell's mental health during the police investigation, she now feels foolish for that concern. "What a mug, why were you worried about him? He didn't worry about me," she said.

Murrell, the former chief executive of the Scottish National Party (SNP), was sentenced to five years and three months in prison earlier this year. He admitted to...