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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.
Bob Bird is the former editor of the Scottish edition of the defunct News of the World tabloid. [1]He is best known for the widespread media coverage over his role in two trials involving former Scottish MSP Tommy Sheridan: the 2006 Sheridan v News Group Newspapers defamation case and the 2010 HM Advocate v Sheridan and Sheridan perjury case.
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In 2010, he was the judge in HM Advocate v Sheridan and Sheridan. In 2012, he twice presided over murder trials which resulted in convictions despite the absence of a body. In the first of these, HM Advocate v Gilroy , television cameras were allowed into the High Court in Edinburgh to record the sentencing of the convicted, David Gilroy.
He often represented high-profile clients in controversial criminal cases. He led the legal teams which won the acquittal of human rights lawyer Aamer Anwar of contempt of court in July 2008, and Gail Sheridan of perjury in HM Advocate v Sheridan and Sheridan. When he was appointed to the latter case the Daily Record called it a "legal dream team".
In December 2010, Coulson – while under oath as a witness in HM Advocate v Sheridan and Sheridan – denied any knowledge of phone hacking at the News of the World or that he knew the private investigator Glenn Mulcaire. [9]
He was later charged with having committed perjury in 2010 during HM Advocate v Sheridan and Sheridan [2] [3] [4] Edinburgh High Court. He appeared at Glasgow Sheriff Court on 13 June 2013 in private, represented by Richard Keen QC; no plea or declaration was made and he was given bail. There was a ban on reporting this at the time, but it was ...