Andy Coulson detained by Police

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30 May 2012 Last updated at 10:08

.Andy Coulson held in perjury case

The prime minister's former director of communications Andy Coulson has been detained by police investigating allegations of perjury.

Mr Coulson, 44, was detained at his home in the Dulwich area of London at 06:30 on Wednesday by seven officers from Strathclyde Police.

He has been held on suspicion of committing perjury at the perjury trial of Tommy Sheridan in 2010.

Mr Coulson is being taken to Glasgow where he will be questioned.

A police spokeswoman said: "Officers from Strathclyde Police's Operation Rubicon team detained a 44-year-old man in London this morning under section 14 of the Criminal Procedure Scotland act 1995 on suspicion of committing perjury before the High Court in Glasgow."

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I've said it before and I'll say it again, we all pay in the end. It doesn't matter how long it takes but we get our comeuppance eventually.

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May 2012 Last updated at 11:16





Andy Coulson held in Tommy Sheridan trial perjury inquiry


[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson gave evidence at Mr Sheridan's trial
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Prime Minister David Cameron's former director of communications Andy Coulson has been detained by police investigating allegations of perjury.

Mr Coulson, 44, was detained at his home in the Dulwich area of London at 06:30 by seven officers from Strathclyde Police.

He has been held on suspicion of committing perjury at the trial of former MSP Tommy Sheridan in 2010.

Mr Coulson is being taken to Glasgow, where he will be questioned.

A police spokeswoman said: "Officers from Strathclyde Police's Operation Rubicon team detained a 44-year-old man in London this morning under section 14 of the Criminal Procedure Scotland Act 1995 on suspicion of committing perjury before the High Court in Glasgow."

Mr Coulson is not under arrest. In Scotland a suspect is detained on suspicion of an offence unlike in England and Wales where a suspect is arrested. Mr Coulson has not been charged.

Mr Coulson gave evidence at the perjury trial of former Scottish Socialist MSP Tommy Sheridan in 2010.

Sheridan was awarded £200,000 in damages from the News of the World in 2006 after it printed allegations that he had committed adultery and visited a swingers' club.

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[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] Tommy Sheridan was released in January from a three-year jail term for perjury
After the court action, the former MSP and his wife Gail were charged with perjury.

She was acquitted during the subsequent trial but Mr Sheridan was convicted in December 2010. He has since been freed after serving just over a year of a three-year sentence.

Mr Coulson was called to give evidence at Sheridan's trial as he was editor of the News of the World between 2003 and 2007.

During heated exchanges with Sheridan, who represented himself at the trial, Mr Coulson denied being involved in, or aware of, any illegal activities, including phone hacking.

At the time of his two-day appearance, he was employed as Prime Minister David Cameron's director of communications.

Mr Coulson resigned from that post in January 2011, saying coverage of the News of the World phone hacking scandal had "made it difficult to give the 110% needed in this role".

Police dossier

In July 2011, he was arrested by Metropolitan Police investigating the News of the World hacking scandal and later released on bail.

The solicitor for Mr Sheridan, Aamer Anwar, said he had taken a dossier of information to Strathclyde Police in July last year and the force had since mounted a robust operation to investigate allegations of perjury during his client's trial.

Mr Anwar said Mr Coulson must be afforded the presumption of innocence.

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Now charged.
Next, please !

PeterMac wrote:Now charged.
Next, please !

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This is apparently an offence which happened whilst he worked in Downing Street. It looks like the house of cards is coming down. Looks like this could run and run with lots of high profile casualties. Has there ever been a time when so many high ranking people and their associates look so disgusting and are corrupt?

anil39200 wrote:This is apparently an offence which happened whilst he worked in Downing Street. It looks like the house of cards is coming down. Looks like this could run and run with lots of high profile casualties. Has there ever been a time when so many high ranking people and their associates look so disgusting and are corrupt?

snakes eat each other when they are hungry...it's the reptilian way. There's always a fat snake left afterwards.