Police probing SNP fraud claims have seized a £110,000 luxurious motorhome from ex-chief govt Peter Murrell’s mom’s home.
Officers confiscated the state-of-the-art automobile from exterior 92-year-old Margaret Murrell’s dwelling on Wednesday morning – 50 miles from the home in Glasgow the place Mr Murrell lives along with his spouse Nicola Sturgeon.
The police swoop got here simply minutes after Mr Murrell, 58, was dramatically arrested at his dwelling amid a long-running police probe into £600,000 of ‘lacking’ occasion funds.
Detectives raided the couple’s indifferent home and launched a search of the SNP’s Edinburgh headquarters.
Now, the Mail on Sunday can reveal one other morning raid has taken place in reference to the SNP fraud probe – at a sleepy, non-public property in Dunfermline, Fife.

Police probing SNP fraud claims have seized a £110,000 luxurious motorhome from ex-chief govt Peter Murrell’s mom’s home
Police seized the high-end campervan – which locals say was initially delivered to the handle by two males, in January 2021 – on Wednesday at round 9am.
Final night time, one neighbour described how two unmarked police vehicles, one silver SUV and one graphite-coloured property, pulled up exterior Margaret Murrell’s modest bungalow to take the automobile from her drive.
A marked police automotive was stationed a bit of additional up the street as officers tried to shift the virtually five-ton Niesmann + Bischoff automobile onto the again of an enormous tow truck.
One native witness stated: ‘It occurred at about 9am, which is about the identical time they began raiding Peter’s home I believe. They didn’t go into the home, as Margaret is kind of previous now and they’d not have wished to disturb her.
‘They could not get into the motorhome at first as a result of it was locked and it had clamps on it so that they needed to get some keys from someplace. They went off however got here again and managed to get it open. Then they loaded it on the again of an enormous lorry and – after a little bit of hassle securing it – took it away.’
The tight-knit neighborhood surrounding Mrs Murrell – whose husband, Peter’s father, Henry, handed away in 2019 – final night time rallied to guard their neighbour.

Nicola Sturgeon has repeatedly denied {that a} police investigation involving her husband and a whole lot of 1000’s of kilos in allegedly ‘lacking’ occasion funds contributed to her shock resignation in February
One stated: ‘It has been there for 2 and 1 / 4 years and it isn’t moved. It was introduced right here by two males. They got here in early January 2021 round two and a bit years in the past, and it has been there ever since. It has by no means moved to my information.’
Footage obtained by the Mail on Sunday present the smooth automobile is an ‘iSmove’, made by model Niesmann + Bischoff, whose catchphrase is: ‘Breaking all the principles.’ An analogous mannequin of the van is prone to retail at round £110,000.
Boasting ‘extraordinary open’ interiors, plans of the luxurious motorhomes reveal they’ve totally functioning kitchens and bathe rooms – regardless of solely being round seven metres lengthy.

Ms Sturgeon spoke to the media right this moment exterior her dwelling in Uddingston, following her husband’s arrest on Wednesday

Ms Sturgeon, pictured exterior her Glasgow dwelling, stated she totally intends on cooperating with the investigation into the SNP’s funds

Ms Sturgeon’s husband, Mr Murrell, was launched from police custody with out cost on Wednesday night
Electrical cabinets, a compressor fridge drawer, felt-lined partitions for cosiness, mood-lighting and a ‘disappearing’ bathe are all included within the futuristic campervan’s newest mannequin.
A beneficiant ‘boot’ can even match two grownup bicycles for these wishing to exit biking on their very comfy excursions of the world.
‘Goodbye guidelines, good day freedom,’ its brochure states.
Mr Murrell resigned from his position of chief govt of the Scottish Nationwide Social gathering final month – simply weeks after Ms Sturgeon, 52, stood down as SNP chief and First Minister.

Police Scotland have been pictured looking at Mr Murrell’s home in Bailliestonon, Glasgow Thursday

Police pictured exterior the house of Ms Sturgeon and Mr Murrell on Thursday, after the previous SNP chief govt was arrested after which launched with out cost
Ms Sturgeon has repeatedly denied {that a} police investigation involving her husband and a whole lot of 1000’s of kilos in allegedly ‘lacking’ occasion funds contributed to her shock resignation in February.
Hypothesis that she jumped earlier than she was pushed has been rubbished by the previous chief and her staff – however was once more rife following the dramatic arrest of her husband Mr Murrell on Wednesday. He was taken into custody when police arrived on the couple’s dwelling at 7.35am.
Ms Sturgeon was seen leaving the property in a black Volvo shortly after 8am, earlier than a convoy of police vans arrived.

Footage obtained by the Mail on Sunday present the smooth automobile is an ‘iSmove’, made by model Niesmann + Bischoff whose catchphrase is: ‘Breaking all the principles.’ An analogous mannequin of the van is prone to retail at round £110,000
After raiding the indifferent home and establishing an enormous forensics tent within the entrance backyard, detectives have been seen within the again backyard within the afternoon.
In addition they searched the SNP’s Gordon Lamb Home headquarters in Edinburgh, later eradicating giant inexperienced packing containers from the constructing and stacking them into vans.
Mr Murrell was launched from police custody with out cost on Wednesday night.
However the police’s probe, launched in Could 2021 and known as ‘Operation Branchform’, continues, and is concentrated on how cash raised in 2017 and 2019 as a part of a ‘referendum enchantment’ has been spent.
Concern was first raised when SNP accounts confirmed there was lower than £100,000 within the financial institution on the finish of 2019, regardless of the £600,000 being raised from donations to the referendum appeals, sparking no less than 19 prison complaints.
After the police started their probe, Ms Sturgeon’s partner of 13-years Mr Murrell – who was the SNP’s chief govt for 22 years – then loaned the occasion £107,620, which he claimed was to help with ‘cashflow’.
However critical questions have been raised concerning the mortgage after the occasion did not disclose it till 14 months later, breaking political finance legislation.

Boasting ‘extraordinary open’ interiors, plans of the luxurious motorhomes reveal they’ve totally functioning kitchens and bathe rooms – regardless of solely being round seven metres lengthy
Electoral Fee data present the SNP repaid £26,905 in August 2021, adopted by £20,715 in October 2021 – leaving £60,000 nonetheless excellent.
Ms Sturgeon has claimed it was Mr Murrell’s cash and that he was entitled to donate to a celebration he helps.
Earlier this yr, she stated: ‘Look, my husband is a person and he’ll take selections about what he does with sources that belong to him in step with that and I am standing right here as First Minister and that’s what I am going to reply for.’
When requested when she knew Mr Murrell had given the cash to the occasion, Ms Sturgeon stated: ‘I am unable to recall precisely once I first knew that, however what he does along with his sources is a matter for him.’
On Friday, the disaster going through the SNP appeared to deepen after it was revealed accountancy agency Johnston Carmichael – which has labored with the SNP for greater than a decade – stated it was chopping ties with the occasion. A spokesman for the SNP stated it was within the technique of discovering a alternative agency.
It’s not identified the place the motorhome taken from Mr Murrell’s mom’s home is, or how lengthy it is going to be impounded for.
Police Scotland stated it couldn’t remark additional on the investigation.