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| NoW hacking row: Tommy Sheridan trial evidence reviewed | |
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| Witness statements at the Tommy Sheridan perjury trial are to be probed following new allegations in the News of the World phone hacking scandal. | Witness statements at the Tommy Sheridan perjury trial are to be probed following new allegations in the News of the World phone hacking scandal. |
| The Crown Office has asked Strathclyde Police for a "preliminary assessment" and to hand any findings to prosecutors for possible further action. | The Crown Office has asked Strathclyde Police for a "preliminary assessment" and to hand any findings to prosecutors for possible further action. |
| Those who gave evidence at the trial included Bob Bird, Douglas Wight and former editor Andy Coulson. | Those who gave evidence at the trial included Bob Bird, Douglas Wight and former editor Andy Coulson. |
| Sheridan was jailed for lying during his successful defamation case in 2006. | Sheridan was jailed for lying during his successful defamation case in 2006. |
| He was found guilty at the High Court in Glasgow in December of committing perjury during his case against the News of the World. | |
| Hacking enquiry | |
| The newspaper had claimed that the socialist politician was an adulterer who had visited a swingers' club. | |
| During the perjury trial, allegations were raised by Sheridan that his mobile phone was hacked into by private investigator Glenn Mulcaire. | |
| He was jailed in 2007, along with the newspaper's royal editor, Clive Goodman, for intercepting voicemail messages left for members of the royal household. | |
| Copies of Mulcaire's notebook, showing Sheridan's details, were produced during the perjury trial. | |
| Mr Coulson, who was then Prime Minister David Cameron's director of communications, gave evidence that he had no knowledge of illegal activities, including payments to police officers. | |
| Scottish editor Bob Bird also denied being part of an "illegal culture of phone-tapping". | |
| Both men were questionned by Sheridan, who represented himself during the trial. | |
| The former MSP also suggested that the News of the World's news editor, Douglas Wight, who also gave evidence, had used the services of another private investigator, Stephen Whittamore, 70 times. | |
| On Tuesday, the newspaper's publisher, News International, passed e-mails to the Metropolitan Police which, it is said, show that payments to police officers had been authorised by Mr Coulson when he was News of the World editor. | |
| Conviction 'unsound' | |
| That development prompted Labour MP Tom Watson to question Sheridan's conviction. | |
| During an emergency Westminster debate on the News of the World phone hacking scandal on Wednesday, he said: "I think the Sheridan trial was unsound and may need to be revisited." | |
| Mr Watson and Sheridan's lawyer, Aamer Anwar, are due to hold a news conference on Thursday at 1500 BST, at which they will call for police to investigate News of the World witnesses at the perjury trial. | |
| Both men are expected submit a dossier to police outlining "serious allegations" about News of the World witnesses. | |
| BBC Scotland understands that Mr Watson and Mr Anwar will call for a perjury investigation. |