Sturgeon's personal life and politics collide in BBC interview

Sturgeon's personal life and politics collide in BBC interview24 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleGlenn CampbellScotland political editorBBCNicola Sturgeon is determined not to take blame for the crimes of the man she marriedFollowing the "worst week of her life" in which her estranged husband admitted embezzling £400,000 from the SNP, Nicola Sturgeon gave her first media interview to the BBC.In this interview, politics and what is deeply personal to the former first minister collide in the most remarkable way.It could hardly be otherwise because the embezzlement of SNP funds by Peter Murrell brought his ill-gotten gains into their marital home.Worse than that, some of what he purchased with party funds were gifts for Sturgeon which she has been photographed with.The most obvious example is a £400 pendant bought from a Shetland jeweller they visited together. She often wore it in public.In one of the most emotional moments in the interview, Sturgeon describes her pain and bewilderment on discovering this had been bought with stolen cash.Throughout the conversation, the former SNP leader and first minister insists she knew nothing of Murrell's crimes.To explain how that is possible, she offers some insight into their marriage and their domestic arrangements which were far from typical given her job.PA MediaPeter Murrell has admitted embezzling £400.000 from the SNP First of all, she points out that as first minister she was busy, working long hours and away a lot.Sturgeon reveals that she was not involved in running their household, that she gave Murrell money to pay her share of the bills and that they had separate bank accounts.All of that would appear to put some distance between her and what he was buying.She said there was nothing in their household that she thought was beyond their means as a couple earning high salaries.She also applied that to the expensive Jaguar car he bought that sat in their driveway, adding that she had n...