Lord Pentland, the head of the Scottish judiciary, rules that Peter Murrell, the former SNP chief executive, cannot be filmed in court when his sentence is read out. The judge says filming would be inappropriate, including in the context that public attention could turn the defendant into a social media “meme.” The decision is presented as a measure to control how court proceedings are recorded and shared during the sentencing stage. Separately, Nicola Sturgeon is reported as saying she has “washed her hands” of her estranged husband, Peter Murrell, reflecting her public distancing from him amid the ongoing legal proceedings. The coverage emphasizes the judge’s authority to set restrictions on media access during specific moments in a criminal case, rather than broader procedural changes. The reports do not indicate that Murrell’s sentencing itself is affected, but focus on the handling of filming at the point the sentence is delivered.