SNP MP has denied embezzling more than £25,000 from two pro-independence groups. Natalie McGarry faced two embezzlement charges when she appeared at Glasgow Sheriff Court today.
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.It is alleged she transferred funds raised through fundraising events on behalf of Women for Independence into her own personal bank account and used cheques drawn on the organisation's bank account to deposit money in her own personal bank.
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