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Today (Monday, May 25) has seen former SNP chief executive officer Peter Murrell plead guilty to embezzling more than £400,000 from his party over a period of over 12 years.
Mr Murrell was married to former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon at the Oran Mor venue, in Glasgow’s West End, on July 16, 2010.
The couple initially met in 1988 at a SNP youth event and started a relationship in 2003 before Murrell proposed to her on Hogmanay in 2009.
Ms Sturgeon announced that the couple would be getting divorced in January last year, around nine months after Murrell was re-arrested (he was previously arrested in April 2023 before being released without charge) and formally charged with embezzlement of party funds in April 2024.
It brought to an end a relationship that dominated Scotland’s political landscape for more than a decade.
Here are 20 pictures that tell the story of their marriage.
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5. Sworn in
SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon poses with husband Peter Murrell and her seal of office after being formally sworn in as Scotland's first minister at the Court of Session in Edinburgh on November 20, 2014. | Ciaran Donnelly /Lesley Donald Photography via Getty Images
6. Campaign ready
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon and her husband Peter Murrell join SNP Westminster candidates and activists to launch the Glasgow central campaign in the UK General Election on February 14, 2015. | Getty Images
7. Polling place
First Minister of Scotland and leader of the SNP Nicola Sturgeon, votes with her husband Peter Murrell in the UK General Election on May 7, 2015, in Glasgow. | Getty Images
8. Anyone for tennis?
Leader of the Scottish National Party Nicola Sturgeon and her husband Peter Murrell take their seats in the royal box on centre court to watch the women's singles final between US player Serena Williams and Spain's Garbine Muguruza on day twelve of the 2015 Wimbledon Championships at The All England Tennis Club in Wimbledon. | AFP via Getty Images