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| Sheridan fury over perjury charge | |
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| Former socialist MSP Tommy Sheridan has said he is "furious" over how his arrest on perjury charges was handled. | |
| The charges relate to a police inquiry into his defamation case against the News of the World last year. | |
| The 43-year-old was arrested in Edinburgh on Sunday while his house in Glasgow was searched by nine officers. | |
| He said: "My wife has been traumatised, my two-year-old child has been reduced to tears and my house has been ransacked - all by the police." | |
| Talk show | Talk show |
| Mr Sheridan added: "I am furious. My life is on hold until this is cleared up. I will fight the accusations against me." | |
| The Sunday tabloid was ordered to pay £200,000 damages last year after it made a series of lurid allegations about Mr Sheridan's private life. | |
| During the defamation case witnesses gave conflicting evidence about the circumstances of the allegations. | During the defamation case witnesses gave conflicting evidence about the circumstances of the allegations. |
| Two months after the proceedings concluded in August 2006, prosecutors ordered police to carry out a criminal investigation into allegations of perjury. | Two months after the proceedings concluded in August 2006, prosecutors ordered police to carry out a criminal investigation into allegations of perjury. |
| Police conducted a search at Mr Sheridan's home | Police conducted a search at Mr Sheridan's home |
| On Sunday lunchtime, police officers attended Mr Sheridan's family home in the Cardonald area of Glasgow. | |
| A police team then visited him after he finished his weekly talk show at an Edinburgh radio station. | |
| He was taken to Gayfield Police Station in the Scottish capital, where he was questioned for eight hours before being charged with perjury. | He was taken to Gayfield Police Station in the Scottish capital, where he was questioned for eight hours before being charged with perjury. |
| Party split | Party split |
| Mr Sheridan gave a statement upon his release from custody, in which he vowed to clear his name, no matter how long it took. | |
| His solicitor, Aamer Anwar, condemned the "excessive actions" of Lothian and Borders Police. | |
| A spokesperson for the News of the World - which is owned by Rupert Murdoch - said they did not wish to comment. | A spokesperson for the News of the World - which is owned by Rupert Murdoch - said they did not wish to comment. |
| Mr Sheridan, the former leader of the Scottish Socialist Party, won his case against the newspaper after a four-week hearing at the Court of Session in Edinburgh. | Mr Sheridan, the former leader of the Scottish Socialist Party, won his case against the newspaper after a four-week hearing at the Court of Session in Edinburgh. |
| When the Scottish Socialists split, Mr Sheridan, a father-of-one, formed the rival Solidarity party, but neither he nor his former colleagues were returned to Holyrood in the May 2007 elections. | When the Scottish Socialists split, Mr Sheridan, a father-of-one, formed the rival Solidarity party, but neither he nor his former colleagues were returned to Holyrood in the May 2007 elections. |