By Lucinda Cameron
Glasgow Sheriff Court, where Andrew Fenton was sentenced on Monday A FORMER SNP MP accused of embezzling more than £25,000 from two pro-independence groups has made a further court appearance. Natalie McGarry denied two embezzlement charges at Glasgow Sheriff Court in September. At a hearing on Wednesday, the court heard a trial has been pencilled in for May. McGarry, 39, is accused of appropriating £21,000 for her own use in her role as treasurer of the Women for Independence group between April 26 2013 and November 30 2015. She is accused of failing to transfer charitable donations raised by the group to Perth and Kinross Foodbank and to Positive Prisons, Positive Futures.
Ex-SNP MP back in court in embezzlement case
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16 December 2020, 1:22 pm
A former SNP MP accused of embezzling more than £25,000 from two pro-independence groups has made a further court appearance.
Natalie McGarry denied two embezzlement charges at Glasgow Sheriff Court in September.
At a hearing on Wednesday, the court heard a trial has been pencilled in for May.
McGarry, 39, is accused of appropriating £21,000 for her own use in her role as treasurer of the Women for Independence group between April 26 2013 and November 30 2015.
She is accused of failing to transfer charitable donations raised by the group to Perth and Kinross Foodbank and to Positive Prisons, Positive Futures.
Former SNP MP Natalie McGarry in court for embezzlement case
McGarry, once a high-profile Nationalist politician, is due to stand trial in May.
13:43, 16 DEC 2020
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Glasgow sheriff court (Image: SNS Group)
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Former SNP MP accused of embezzling more than £25k from pro-independence groups makes court appearance A former SNP MP accused of embezzling more than £25,000 from two pro-independence groups has made a further court appearance. Natalie McGarry denied two embezzlement charges at Glasgow Sheriff Court in September. At a hearing on Wednesday, the court heard a trial has been pencilled in for May. McGarry, 39, is accused of appropriating £21,000 for her own use in her role as treasurer of the Women for Independence group between April 26 2013 and November 30 2015. She is accused of failing to transfer charitable donations raised by the group to Perth and Kinross Foodbank and to Positive Prisons, Positive Futures.