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    John Swinney fields questions from backbench MSPs with Gillian Martin sitting behind him

  2. A composite image. On the left a court sketch of Murrell who has short grey hair and glasses. On the right, a man with short brown hair wears a blue suit as he speaks to the camera

  3. A man with brown hair and a checked shirt is gesturing with his hands.

  4. Sketch of Peter Murrell in court

  5. Peter Murrell, who is bald with glasses, photographed in profile in the back of a van. He is wearing a white shirt and black suit jacket, and is illuminated with a flash

  6. A man with short grey hair and black glasses sits in front of a greyish blue wall. He is wearing a light pink shirt and has a black lapel mic attached.

  7. Peter Murrell

  8. Bald man with glasses

  9. A white motorhome is parked in the driveway of a modern bungalow home

  10. Close-up of Peter Murrell, a bald man wearing glasses, a dark suit, white shirt, and tie, walking outdoors on a sunlit city street with a blurred background of pedestrians and buildings.

  11. Anas Sarwar - man wearing dark suit and red tie, standing on the banks of the River Clyde

  12. Two men stand side-by-side posing for a photograph. They are both wearing dark suits, white shirts with ties.

  13. Michael Gove and Nicola Sturgeon sitting next to each other at a table. Gove has his arms closed, Sturgeon is leaning towards him. They are looking at each other directly in the eye, stony-faced.

  14. An image of a series of security gates in a prison - with floor-to-ceiling white metal bars. Above the first set it says "E/F Wing" and a prison officer - a bald man in a white shirt and black trousers - is opening the gate. We see him from behind.

  15. Kemi Badenoch

  16. Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch campaigning for Aberdeen South candidate Douglas Lumsden during a visit to Cove Rangers ahead of the by-election.

  17. Celebrating Scottish Conservatives at the count in Aberdeen South

  18. An area of a Scottish Parliament lobby cordoned off by purple tape

  19. A brother and sister stand outside a court building. The woman is looking around a pillar at the camera and the man is grinning

  20. Man in white shirt with beard and glasses in front of red microphone

  21. A woman with blonde hair, pinned up behind her head, wearing a white blazer. She is sitting on a chair in a room with wooden panels

  22. A male secondary school pupil sitting on a flight of stairs. He is holding a mobile phone and is showing it to a girl sitting next to him. He is wearing a short-sleeved white shirt and a black striped tie. Their faces are not visible.