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Sheridan held over perjury probe Sheridan held over perjury probe
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Former socialist MSP Tommy Sheridan has been detained in connection with a police inquiry into perjury allegations.Former socialist MSP Tommy Sheridan has been detained in connection with a police inquiry into perjury allegations.
The claims surfaced following Mr Sheridan's libel case against the News of the World.The claims surfaced following Mr Sheridan's libel case against the News of the World.
A spokesman for Lothian and Border Police confirmed a 43-year-old man had been detained in Edinburgh.A spokesman for Lothian and Border Police confirmed a 43-year-old man had been detained in Edinburgh.
They said he was being interviewed in respect of an ongoing investigation into allegations of perjury.They said he was being interviewed in respect of an ongoing investigation into allegations of perjury.
The former Scottish Socialist Party leader won his case against the News of the World newspaper in August 2006 after a four-week hearing at the Court of Session in Edinburgh.
The Sunday tabloid was ordered to pay Mr Sheridan £200,000 damages.
Following the verdict, the News of the World described the jury's decision as "perverse".
It had accused the Glasgow MSP of cheating on his wife and taking part in orgies.
After the proceedings, prosecutors ordered police to carry out a criminal investigation into allegations of perjury during the defamation case.
The Procurator Fiscal at Edinburgh instructed Lothian and Borders Police to begin criminal investigations in October.
Officers detained Mr Sheridan in the car park of an Edinburgh radio station on Sunday afternoon.
Mr Sheridan had been the leader of the Scottish Socialist Party in the Scottish Parliament but the party then split during the bitter libel case.
He went on to lead the Solidarity party but neither he nor his former colleagues were returned to Holyrood in the May 2007 elections.