Nicola Sturgeons husband pleads guilty.

Estee Lauder

Who did he buy the Ester Lauder and Jo Malone stuff for then?

That makes two of us then. I have no vested interest, I can’t make head or tail of what was going on there. Maybe more will be revealed.

I can't really claim to understand it all Casdon, I kept half an eye on it because of her involvement with the gender nonsense, there were it seemed to me some people trying to raise concerns from within, but it seemed to me that it was all a question of who was on whose side.

It’s wider than just her though Galaxy, isn’t it? That’s what has me confused really, did virtually the whole cabinet operate a conspiracy of silence?

But it is a bit more complex than someone just not knowing what their spouse was up to. I think that is in many cases quite possible. She was First minister ( how that situation was allowed in the first place is beyond me - a married couple with those positions of power) she would not talk to police and when people were raising concerns from within the party she treated those people with scorn.

I knew a lady who was fiddling the local sailing club out of money. She seemed a nice lady although she had accused a couple of people of giving her less takings than those shown on the tills which caused a lot of problems. When she was caught, we couldn't believe her husband (also high up in the club) didn't know because of the things she had used the money for. The club made her repay the money and agreed not to take her to court as they were given a cock and bull story about how she'd been depressed after her mother died. We saw her name next in the local rag; she was stealing from the local council where she had got a job. It came out in court that she'd been prosecuted before with her last job but it wasn't picked up by the new employers as she had changed her name. Her husband knew of that previous crime.

keepingquiet

I wonder what the reaction would be if the roles were reversed and the wife had been embezzling and the husband had no idea?

I think it would be similar. I have a friend whose husband was a gambler, he gambled away their house, and she genuinely had no idea. I don’t know about this case, but I do know it’s entirely possible than one person in a marriage can be completely conned by the other, it’s hard to believe some people are so convincingly manipulative.

The more you read about it, the more you wonder I think. Manicure sets, make up, onesies, knickers…. The picture might be becoming a bit clearer….clearly it was important to have the right coffee available whatever was going on.

I wonder what the reaction would be if the roles were reversed and the wife had been embezzling and the husband had no idea?

£2,200 for salt and pepper mills. 3 coffee machines one costing nearly £4k. How long were they married that they got through 3 coffee machines. Appartently Nicola didn't notice all the expenditure as they had well paid jobs! Well, the answer is obvious, cut MSP and party associate wages in half to avoid embezzlement going unnoticed. £80k a year for the Green MSP who is a student pending a renewal. Allowed to work 20 hours a week during term time, 35 hours in holidays. Students will be clamouring for a job in politics.

WithNobsOnIt

That's the SNP for you

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Scotland the Brave

Yes very brave indeed to have them as a party 😔

Sloggis though. No rubbish

Knickers too Aveline? My, my; not even those infamous scallywags in Westminster steal thousands to buy knickers! but it does add more to the lavender marriage theory

Ok. I missed the knickers and the onesie so thanks for that! This is quite weird.

All those knickers too!

He sounds as if he’s become very mentally unstable who in their right mind buys a load of coffee machines They could have been living together but apart and she didn’t know what he was getting up to I don’t know

That's the SNP for you

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Cardamom

^Maybe he had MH like Bi-Pola disorder. Where shopping can become a compulsion.^

Maybe. Or maybe he's just a thieving grifter with a predilection for coffee machines, Estee Lauder makeup and a onesie. I'm going with the latter.

I was trying to be kind.
Not that it’s right.
Some folk steal to fund gambling, drugs, or some other addiction, like caffeine 🥴
Just a thought.

I cannot think it was a real marriage if Nicola didn't know, unbelievable, she must have had her head in the sand. We had joint accounts, no restrictions but open about finances and everything else. I hope he has to pay back all the costs incurred.. The house can be sold and the camper van plus Nicola can sell her necklace and other perks to help. Ignorance is no excuse.

Weird
Wonder who thae makeup and onesie were for?
It sounds like obsessive buying

Maybe he had MH like Bi-Pola disorder. Where shopping can become a compulsion.

Maybe. Or maybe he's just a thieving grifter with a predilection for coffee machines, Estee Lauder makeup and a onesie. I'm going with the latter.

MT62

Maybe he had MH like Bi-Pola disorder. Where shopping can become a compulsion.

Bi-polar

Maybe he had MH like Bi-Pola disorder. Where shopping can become a compulsion.

Silvershadow

From the BBC:

Murrell spent more than £5,700 on coffee machines
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And the list goes on...
Murrell used SNP finances to buy a number of high-end coffee machines and luxury coffee beans.
The schedule of items includes a Miele CM 6300 machine on 24 November 2014, which cost £1,299.
Then on 1 February 2017 he used £1,865.75 of party money to buy a Jura bean-to-coffee machine.
And on 10 October 2018 he invested in a Jura 28 fully automatic bean-to-cup coffee machine, which cost £2,595.
The schedule shows Murrell bought Portuguese coffee beans on a number of occasions.
In May 2017 he spent £84.95 on five packs of gourmet beans and £123.91 on five packs of roasted beans.
Murrell also bought traditional instant coffee with SNP cash.
This included 2kg of Nescafe Gold Blend in May 2018 for £81.16.

There it is then. He was a coffee addict.

What he is is an absolute disgrace…😡