The trial of a former SNP MP accused of embezzling greater than £25,000 from two pro-independence teams is ready to start on Monday.
Natalie McGarry has beforehand entered not responsible pleas to the costs.
The 40-year-old is accused of misappropriating £21,000 for her personal use in her function as treasurer of the Ladies for Independence group between April 26, 2013 and November 30, 2015.
It's alleged she transferred funds raised by occasions on behalf of the group into her personal checking account.
She can be accused of embezzling £4,661.02 for her personal use from the Glasgow Regional Affiliation of the SNP between April 9, 2014 and August 10, 2015.
The indictment additionally alleges she used cheques drawn on financial institution accounts held within the affiliation's identify to deposit cash in her private financial institution accounts and transferred funds donated to the affiliation by its web site into her personal accounts.
McGarry was elected as an SNP member in 2015 however resigned the celebration whip after the emergence of fraud allegations - which she denied.
She continued in Parliament as an unbiased MP representing Glasgow East however didn't search re-election in 2017.
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