Former Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon says she was “deceived, misled and betrayed” by her estranged husband, Peter Murrell, speaking in the days after his guilty plea. Multiple outlets report that Murrell admitted embezzling more than £400,000 from the Scottish National Party, the party he had been involved with. Sturgeon’s comments are described as being made at her first public appearance since the plea. She says she is coming to terms with the fact that she was married to someone she did not know, and she acknowledges that people will have questions about what she knew and when. Some reports include that she referenced being lied to as well as being betrayed, and she frames her remarks around being misled over what Murrell did. In addition, reports state that Murrell is remanded in custody following his plea. Across the coverage, the central focus is Sturgeon’s response to the embezzlement case and her assertion that she was not aware of or not complicit in the alleged misuse of funds.