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| Gail Sheridan charged with theft | |
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| The wife of former Scottish Socialist Party leader Tommy Sheridan has been suspended from her airline cabin crew job, BBC Scotland understands. | The wife of former Scottish Socialist Party leader Tommy Sheridan has been suspended from her airline cabin crew job, BBC Scotland understands. |
| Gail Sheridan was suspended by British Airways over the alleged theft of miniature bottles of alcohol. | Gail Sheridan was suspended by British Airways over the alleged theft of miniature bottles of alcohol. |
| Mrs Sheridan, 44, was charged with perjury on Tuesday in connection with the defamation case her husband won against the News of the World in 2006. | Mrs Sheridan, 44, was charged with perjury on Tuesday in connection with the defamation case her husband won against the News of the World in 2006. |
| The Sheridans' Glasgow home was searched as part of the investigation. | The Sheridans' Glasgow home was searched as part of the investigation. |
| Mrs Sheridan, who has worked for BA for 23 years, is understood to have been suspended on Friday morning. | Mrs Sheridan, who has worked for BA for 23 years, is understood to have been suspended on Friday morning. |
| 'Charged with perjury' | 'Charged with perjury' |
| BA is believed to have taken action after being contacted by Lothian and Borders Police, who had carried out the search at the Sheridans' home in December. | |
| A legal source told the BBC that Mrs Sheridan denied any allegations of wrongdoing. | A legal source told the BBC that Mrs Sheridan denied any allegations of wrongdoing. |
| Mrs Sheridan, her husband and five others have been charged with perjury over Mr Sheridan's defamation action against the Sunday tabloid. | Mrs Sheridan, her husband and five others have been charged with perjury over Mr Sheridan's defamation action against the Sunday tabloid. |
| Mr Sheridan, a former MSP who left the Scottish Socialists to set up Solidarity, was awarded £200,000 damages over the paper's claims that he was a serial adulterer and swinger who used drugs. | Mr Sheridan, a former MSP who left the Scottish Socialists to set up Solidarity, was awarded £200,000 damages over the paper's claims that he was a serial adulterer and swinger who used drugs. |
| Mrs Sheridan told the court that her husband "would be in the Clyde with a piece of concrete tied round him" if she thought there was any truth to the allegations. | Mrs Sheridan told the court that her husband "would be in the Clyde with a piece of concrete tied round him" if she thought there was any truth to the allegations. |