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16.02.2023 - 18:08 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Lawyers defending a former SNP MP jailed for embezzling thousands of pounds from two Scottish independence groups have appealed against her conviction, claiming she was prevented from receiving a fair trial as “a tsunami of tweets” were prejudicial.
Natalie McGarry received a two-year prison sentence after being found guilty of stealing £19,974 while treasurer of the group Women For Independence last July. The 41-year-old was also convicted of taking £4,661 when treasurer and convener of the SNP’s Glasgow Regional Association.
McGarry, from Clarkston in East Renfrewshire, served as MP for Glasgow East between 2015 and 2017. She was then granted permission late last year to appeal against her conviction and sentence.
Gordon Jackson KC, on defence, said one of the grounds for the appeal was prejudicial material circulating on social media ahead of McGarry’s trial. He told an appeal hearing on Thursday that a series of “extremely nasty” tweets stopped the former MP from having a fair hearing because they influenced the jury.
Prosecutors, however, asked for the appeal to be refused, claiming jury members were not subject to prejudicial information at the time of the trial. Mr Jackson read the content of several of the social media posts to the appeal court in Edinburgh, some of which said: “This woman is guilty because she pled guilty before.”
McGarry initially had her conviction for embezzlement quashed in 2019 after judges ruled she had suffered a miscarriage of justice before it went to retrial in 2022. Another tweet said: “The trial is on someone who has already admitted their guilt.”
Others mentioned McGarry had deliberately got pregnant to reduce her sentence, the court heard. Mr Jackson, referring to the social media posts,
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