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Ex-MP Natalie McGarry has embezzlement conviction quashed | Ex-MP Natalie McGarry has embezzlement conviction quashed |
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Former MP Natalie McGarry has had her conviction for embezzlement quashed after judges ruled she had suffered a miscarriage of justice. | Former MP Natalie McGarry has had her conviction for embezzlement quashed after judges ruled she had suffered a miscarriage of justice. |
Ms McGarry burst into tears at the appeal court in Edinburgh after the ruling was announced. She now faces a retrial. | Ms McGarry burst into tears at the appeal court in Edinburgh after the ruling was announced. She now faces a retrial. |
In June the former SNP Glasgow East MP was jailed for 18 months for embezzling £25,000 from pro-independence groups. | |
At the time Ms McGarry was freed on bail after lodging an appeal. | |
The 38-year-old was elected as an SNP member in 2015 but did not seek re-election in 2017. |