HM Advocate v Sheridan and Sheridan

HM Advocate v Sheridan and Sheridan
CourtHigh Court of Justiciary
Full case name Her Majesty's Advocate v Thomas Sheridan and Gail Sheridan
Decided23 December 2010
Case history
Related actionSheridan v News Group Newspapers
Court membership
Judge sittingLord Bracadale

Her Majesty's Advocate v Thomas Sheridan and Gail Sheridan was the 2010 criminal prosecution of Tommy Sheridan, a former Member of the Scottish Parliament and his wife Gail Sheridan for perjury in relation to an earlier civil case called Sheridan v News Group Newspapers. Tommy Sheridan was found guilty and sentenced to three years in prison, whereas Gail was acquitted.

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