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| A man has been arrested and charged with committing perjury during the trial of former MSP Tommy Sheridan and conspiracy to hack telephones, police said. | A man has been arrested and charged with committing perjury during the trial of former MSP Tommy Sheridan and conspiracy to hack telephones, police said. |
| The 39-year-old, named by police as former News of the World Scotland news editor Douglas Wight, also faces other data protection charges following an investigation by officers from Strathclyde police's Operation Rubicon. | The 39-year-old, named by police as former News of the World Scotland news editor Douglas Wight, also faces other data protection charges following an investigation by officers from Strathclyde police's Operation Rubicon. |
| A statement from the force said: "Officers of Operation Rubicon of Strathclyde Police arrested and charged an 39 year-old male with perjury before the High Court in Glasgow during the trial in 2010 of Tommy Sheridan, the former MSP, conspiracy (in Scotland) to hack telephones, multiple charges of conspiracy to obtain the personal data of members of the public in breach of the Data Protection Acts and individual offences under these Acts." | A statement from the force said: "Officers of Operation Rubicon of Strathclyde Police arrested and charged an 39 year-old male with perjury before the High Court in Glasgow during the trial in 2010 of Tommy Sheridan, the former MSP, conspiracy (in Scotland) to hack telephones, multiple charges of conspiracy to obtain the personal data of members of the public in breach of the Data Protection Acts and individual offences under these Acts." |
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