Natalie McGarry: Ex-MP cannot pay proceeds of crime, court told

Former SNP MP Natalie McGarry volition beryllium capable to wage backmost "essentially nil" of the £130,000 prosecutors are seeking from her, a tribunal has heard.

McGarry, 41, was sentenced to 2 years successful jailhouse for embezzling £25,000 from the SNP and a pro-independence group.

The ex-politician mislaid an entreaty implicit her condemnation past month, but had her situation word chopped to 20 months.

Prosecutors are present aiming to retrieve embezzled funds astatine a proceeds of transgression proceeding astatine Glasgow Sheriff Court.

McGarry, who was the MP for Glasgow East betwixt 2015 and 2017, was not successful attendance connected Tuesday.

Advocate Allan MacLeod, defending, told the proceeding that the Crown were astir to service a 4th connection of information.

He said: "The connection is to proceed for 4 to six weeks but I volition inquire for 4 weeks arsenic the defence is precise anxious to gully a enactment nether this lawsuit arsenic soon arsenic possible.

"I bash not cognize what the adjacent mentation volition accidental but determination is simply a debased disposable amount.

"The disposable magnitude is fundamentally nil."

Prosecutor Mark Allan told the tribunal helium was informed the latest mentation of the connection of accusation was to beryllium sent from the Crown connected Monday night, but that helium was not alert of its content.

A caller day has present been acceptable for aboriginal April.

Sheriff Barry Divers, who told the tribunal helium had besides not received the report, said: "Hopefully that volition beryllium for colony to beryllium achieved."

McGarry has been ordained to look successful the meantime.