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December 2, 2008 11:12:04 AM CST



Murdoch Libel 'Victim' Charged With Perjury

Posted Dec 17, 07 7:29 AM CST in Arts & Living World 

(Newser) – A former leader of Scotland's Socialist Party who won a $400,000 libel suit against publisher Rupert Murdoch's News of the World was arrested yesterday on charges of perjury. One-time member of parliament Tommy Sheridan claimed the bust was a "witch hunt orchestrated and influenced by the powerful reach of the Murdoch empire.”

In the libel case last year, Sheridan denied newspaper reports that he used cocaine and went to a swingers' club. Eleven members of Sheridan’s own political party testified that he spoke of going to the club. A judge warned that the inconsistencies would result in an "inevitable" perjury investigation. Sheridan was arrested as he exited his weekly radio show.

Source Daily Telegraph (UK)

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Scottish politician Tommy Sheridan addresses a meeting. Sheridan, who successfully sued a Rupert Murdoch paper, has been charged with perjury.   (Wikipedia)
News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch in this Oct. 17, 2007 file photo. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar, file)   (Associated Press)
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