FORMER SNP MP Natalie McGarry, who was jailed for embezzling more than £25,000, has been granted leave to appeal against her conviction, despite pleading guilty.
McGarry was sentenced to 18 months behind bars in June after admitting two charges of embezzlement in April. She was freed days later pending a potential appeal.
Her bid to withdraw the guilty pleas a week after she made them at Glasgow Sheriff Court was refused by Sheriff Paul Crozier.
McGarry has now been granted leave to appeal against her conviction. A procedural hearing will take place in Edinburgh next month and a full hearing at a later stage, the Justiciary Office said.
McGarry was refused leave to appeal against her sentence but has applied to have that decision reconsidered at the second stage of the sifting process for cases.
McGarry embezzled £21,000 from Women for Independence in her role as treasurer of the organisation between April 2013 and November 2015.
She also admitted embezzling £4661.02 in the course of her role as treasurer, secretary and convener of the Glasgow Regional Association of the SNP between April 9, 2014 and August 10, 2015.
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