Montblanc pens to Le Creuset ramekins: police photos show Peter Murrell’s spending habit

<p>Haul is only a fraction of what the former SNP chief executive bought using embezzled party money</p><p>The white police evidence tags on the unused Montblanc pens, picnic sets, Le Creuset ramekins and the chrome Alessi teapot tell a story of a compulsive, often secretive shopaholic.</p><p>The £2,400 Smythson two-person tea set, complete in a beige picnic box, was found in a cupboard, unused, as were jewellery boxes and leather-bound writing folders. There were 11 Montblanc pens, with a white gold version worth £4,225, untouched in their gleaming presentation boxes.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/23/montblanc-pens-le-creuset-ramekins-police-photos-peter-murrell-spending-habit">Continue reading...</a>