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On 24 December 2010, Tommy Sheridan lodged an intimation of intention to appeal against his conviction. In June 2011, leave to appeal was refused by a single judge at the first sift. This decision was appealed to a bench of three judges. In August 2011, leave to appeal was refused at the second sift
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The final chapter of the prosecution case involved a sex party which Sheridan allegedly attended at the Moat House Hotel in Glasgow. All charges related to this matter were dropped following Crown witness Matt McColl's testimony and cross examination. During his appearance in court he was warned for
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An important issue was the crucial SSP executive meeting of 9 November 2004, where Sheridan resigned as convenor. 16 witnesses who were present claimed that he did admit to visiting Cupids sex club in Manchester at this meeting. Barbara Scott, the minute secretary, claimed that the minutes and her
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journalist, claimed that she had visited Cupids sex club with Sheridan and had an affair with him. This was supported by a former neighbour of Khan, who claimed to have seen Khan and Sheridan appear from the direction of a bedroom. A former worker in Cupids and another witness claimed to have
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for defamation after it printed a series of articles containing allegations that an MSP had had affairs and visited a sex club. Sheridan was awarded Β£200,000 in damages, which he has still not received pending an appeal. Controversy over the case led to a split in the SSP shortly afterwards, with
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At a preliminary hearing at the High Court in Edinburgh on 13 July 2009, the indictment against Tommy and Gail Sheridan was made public. Both were charged with perjury in relation to several issues at the civil trial, and Tommy Sheridan was also charged with subornation of perjury by allegedly
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In August 2006, a group of SSP activists claimed claim that during meetings Sheridan had with them, he made admissions inconsistent with his evidence in the court case, in particular admitting that he had affairs and visited a swingers' club in Manchester. In October 2006, the
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On 17 December the defence case completed. The prosecution then dropped the last remaining charge against Gail Sheridan, who was acquitted by the judge. Later that day her solicitor made a statement on her behalf outside the court thanking her legal team.
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An important piece of evidence was a tape which was filmed secretly a few days after this meeting, showing Sheridan making a "foul-mouthed tirade" containing statements inconsistent with his evidence in the civil trial. Under cross-examination
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Alex Prentice gave his closing speech on 20 December. Sheridan gave his closing speech on 21–22 December, Lord Bracadale gave his summing-up, the jury then retired to consider their verdict and were later sent home for the night.
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Both accused took pleas in bar of trial on the basis of prejudicial pre-trial publicity, and sought to raise devolution minutes. At a preliminary hearing at the High Court in Edinburgh between 28 and 30 July 2010, the trial judge
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After the trial, the Crown Office issued a statement saying that no further action would be taken against six other people charged with perjury in relation to the civil trial, five of whom were Sheridan's associates (see above).
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On 2 December the prosecution completed its case. It dropped the charge of subornation of perjury on the grounds of lack of corroboration, and some points from the charges of perjury against both Sheridans.
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On 23 December the jury found Sheridan guilty of five of six perjury charges, acquitting him of the perjury charge related to his lying about an alleged affair. He was bailed pending background reports.
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seen Sheridan in Cupids. A number of SSP activists also claimed that in the course of discussions Sheridan had made admissions about his personal life inconsistent with his evidence in the civil trial.
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asked Lothian and Borders Police undertake a full inquiry after receiving a preliminary report, which was scaled up in May 2007, with the number of officers assigned to the case doubling to 20.
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contempt of court due to his reluctance to name his then girlfriend and now wife, as well as agreeing he had previously told police that Sheridan had not been at the Moat House.
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On 30 May 2012 Andy Coulson was charged with perjury in relation to this case. In August 2012 Douglas Wight was charged with various offences in relation to the case, and
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On 26 January he was sentenced to three years in prison. On both days Gail Sheridan made a statement outside the court saying that she was standing by her husband.
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The defence opened its case on 3 December. Both Sheridans declined to act as witnesses themselves. Many of the witnesses called by Sheridan were members of
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released a videotape which showed Sheridan admitting that he had visited the club, and admitting that he had admitted this to the SSP Executive.
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On 11 October it was announced that Sheridan had dismissed Margaret Scott, and would conduct his own defence. He retained his solicitor
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after the case against him was dismissed by a judge. The cases against Wight and Bird were also dropped without coming to trial.
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During late 2006 and early 2007, the police interviewed several SSP members and other witnesses, and seized computers.
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Four witnesses who were present at the crucial SSP executive meeting of 9 November 2004 claimed that Sheridan did
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On 25 November and again on 2 and 20 December the prosecution removed a number of charges from the indictment.
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Sheridan was released on license on 30 January 2012, having served just over one year of his sentence.
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was charged with various offences in relation to the earlier civil case. On 3 June 2015, Coulson
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In Scotland criminal prosecutions in the High Court are normally brought in the name of the
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has continued his legal career, twice winning a murder conviction without a body in 2012.
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who had been at the disputed SSP executive meeting of November 2004) plus Sheridan's wife,
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stated that he did not believe that this affair had any bearing on Sheridan's conviction.
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died suddenly in early 2012. A few people involved in the case were candidates in the
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Criminal trials in Scotland have a jury of 15 with verdicts by simple majority, see
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decided that there were grounds for an investigation into perjury, and instructed
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Gail Sheridan cleared of perjury in husband's defamation case – Scotsman.com News
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had briefed Sheridan's team about alleged phone hacking a few days earlier.
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BBC News – Tommy Sheridan trial hears he suffered a 'weakness of the flesh'
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2004 publication with statements from all currents in the SSP at the time
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List of people arrested in the News International phone-hacking scandal
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editor, who denied that he had any knowledge of phone hacking at the
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Tommy Sheridan jailed for three years | Glasgow and West | STV News
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BBC News – Witness claims Tommy Sheridan court win was 'OJ moment'
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BBC News – Newspaper editor 'stripped to see Tommy Sheridan tape'
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A complaint submitted to Strathclyde Police in July 2011 led to
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BBC News – Tommy Sheridan 'attended porn TV club in Manchester'
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BBC News – Tommy Sheridan 'admitted attending hotel sex party'
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Perjury police to quiz Sheridan witnesses – Scotsman.com News
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BBC News – Court hears Tommy Sheridan denied sex club claims
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BBC News – Worker 'saw Tommy Sheridan at wife swapping club'
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Police focus on Sheridan sex trial witness – Herald Scotland
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Sheridan trial: perjury inquiry stepped up – Herald Scotland
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Katrine Trolle, a Danish woman who was the SSP candidate in
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BBC News – Witness in 'omission over seeing Tommy Sheridan'
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QC and Billy Lavelle. Her solicitor was John Paul Mowbray.
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Her Majesty's Advocate v Thomas Sheridan and Gail Sheridan
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BBC News – Charges dropped in Tommy Sheridan perjury trial
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Her Majesty's Advocate v Thomas Sheridan and Gail Sheridan
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Detailed day-by-day coverage of the trial by Jim Doleman
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Tommy Sheridan: From Hero to Zero? A Political Biography
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The full trial started on 4 October 2010 at the Glasgow
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QC to defend him, but he later dropped him in favour of
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Sheridan perjuy case: full indictment – Herald Scotland
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Jersey visitfor Sheridan probe police – Herald Scotland
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There have since been a few books written on the case:
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We were Tommy Sheridan's loyal comrades, not his harem
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HM Prison Barlinnie, where Sheridan began his sentence
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Tommy Sheridan to keep his own counsel – The Scotsman
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A full transcript of this tape was published in the
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denied scripting the video, as alleged by Sheridan.
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BBC News – Gail Sheridan cleared of perjury charges
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High Court of Justiciary
Sheridan v News Group Newspapers
Lord Bracadale
Tommy Sheridan
Member of the Scottish Parliament
perjury
Sheridan v News Group Newspapers
Sheridan v News Group Newspapers
Scottish Socialist Party
News of the World
Solidarity
Procurator Fiscal
Lothian and Borders Police
Crown Office
perjury
Rosemary Byrne
Solidarity
Gail

Colin Fox
Lord Bracadale
Alex Prentice
Donald Findlay
Margaret Scott
Abdelbaset al-Megrahi
Lockerbie bombing
Paul McBride
Aamer Anwar
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