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| Gail Sheridan denies theft claim | |
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| Gail Sheridan, wife of ex-socialist MSP Tommy Sheridan, has denied allegations of theft after she was suspended from her airline cabin crew job. | Gail Sheridan, wife of ex-socialist MSP Tommy Sheridan, has denied allegations of theft after she was suspended from her airline cabin crew job. |
| Lothian and Borders Police had released a statement saying a 44-year-old woman had been arrested and charged. | Lothian and Borders Police had released a statement saying a 44-year-old woman had been arrested and charged. |
| A report was being submitted to the procurator fiscal, it added. | A report was being submitted to the procurator fiscal, it added. |
| Mrs Sheridan's lawyer said his client had an unblemished record as a British Airways employee and was determined to prove her innocence. | Mrs Sheridan's lawyer said his client had an unblemished record as a British Airways employee and was determined to prove her innocence. |
| Mrs Sheridan had served with BA for 23 years, the solicitor added in a statement. | Mrs Sheridan had served with BA for 23 years, the solicitor added in a statement. |
| A spokesman for the airline confirmed a member of cabin crew was being investigated. | A spokesman for the airline confirmed a member of cabin crew was being investigated. |
| BA is believed to have taken action after being contacted by Lothian and Borders Police, who searched the Sheridans' home in December in connection with a separate investigation. | |
| 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. |