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| Sheridan held over perjury probe | Sheridan held over perjury probe |
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| Former socialist MSP Tommy Sheridan has been detained in connection with a police inquiry into perjury allegations. | Former socialist MSP Tommy Sheridan has been detained in connection with a police inquiry into perjury allegations. |
| The claims surfaced following Mr Sheridan's libel case against the News of the World. | The claims surfaced following Mr Sheridan's libel case against the News of the World. |
| A spokesman for Lothian and Border Police confirmed a 43-year-old man had been detained in Edinburgh. | A spokesman for Lothian and Border Police confirmed a 43-year-old man had been detained in Edinburgh. |
| They said he was being interviewed in respect of an ongoing investigation into allegations of perjury. | They said he was being interviewed in respect of an ongoing investigation into allegations of perjury. |
| The former Scottish Socialist Party leader won his case against the News of the World newspaper in August 2006 after a four-week hearing at the Court of Session in Edinburgh. | |
| The Sunday tabloid was ordered to pay Mr Sheridan £200,000 damages. | |
| Following the verdict, the News of the World described the jury's decision as "perverse". | |
| It had accused the Glasgow MSP of cheating on his wife and taking part in orgies. | |
| After the proceedings, prosecutors ordered police to carry out a criminal investigation into allegations of perjury during the defamation case. | |
| The Procurator Fiscal at Edinburgh instructed Lothian and Borders Police to begin criminal investigations in October. | |
| Officers detained Mr Sheridan in the car park of an Edinburgh radio station on Sunday afternoon. | |
| Mr Sheridan had been the leader of the Scottish Socialist Party in the Scottish Parliament but the party then split during the bitter libel case. | |
| He went on to lead the Solidarity party but neither he nor his former colleagues were returned to Holyrood in the May 2007 elections. |