Bad news.

Oh dear!

Yep - a stinking case  

Not been following this story much... anyone able to quickly brief me what its about?

Gutted. 

Good.

This is from a BBC article:

The 46-year-old former MSP was found guilty of lying during his successful defamation case against the News of the World newspaper in 2006.

He sued after it printed allegations that he was an adulterer who had attended a swingers' club

This is the whole article

Bloody shame it came to this .

Wow... what a friend George McNeilage is

Best man at his wedding and he turns him in, bet NOTW coughed up a huge sum for him to do it. I would never turn any of my friends in for any price.

Mind you Sheridan is abit of a pillock to take the NOTW to court, lie and get £200,000 in damages

McNeilage was paid £200,000 by them Mincey.  

That`ll stop him housebreaking for a while.

If I was in Sheridans position I would be seriously disturbed & paranoid about who my friends are

He knows who his true friends are now. Many have stuck by him through this.

Tommy has been exposed as a liar and a cheat ,I doubt very much if Gail will continue to stand by him ,rumour has it that he is facing 5 years.
Mc Neilage was paid for a tape of Tommy saying he did attend Cupids.

You`re obviously not watching the news Erinp. Gail has just said the exact opposite. 

I don`t know where your hearing your rumours.The sentence is up to the judge, Lord Bracadale. I doubt he`ll disclose anything to anyone before 26th January.

I am watching ,but I doubt she will stand by Tommy,the rumours about Gail having the charges dropped and him facing 5 years were all over the Scottish Parliament.In fact there was a thread on here about Tommy's trial and if I am correct I wrote about the rumours then.

http://news.stv.tv/scotland/we...d-guilty-of-perjury/

How on earth do you know that she won`t stand by Tommy? That`s just your opinion - not fact. 

They can be all over the Scottish Parliament and you can write about them all you like. Rumours are just what they are - rumours - not fact. 

I don`t know what his sentence will be, nobody does. Only the judge.

I never reported them as fact ,I wrote rumours.
I simply replied to your question,thats all.
Minimum sentence is 3 years max 7 years.

I never said you reported them as fact. I pointed out that the rumours you posted about are just that - rumours - not fact.

 devastated!

I can't help but feel a little saddened.


Slightly OT but related.... 


Do we think that the private sex lives of public figures (providing that it hurts no one involved and is consentual) should hold the power to be their downfall ?
 
After all isn't that at the root of the T Sheridan case. As I see it he dug himself into a hole to avoid the sex allegations facing him.


I ask as I personally think his biggest crime (initially) is having gone to the club without (as far as I know) the knowledge of Gail, which must have been hurtful to her.


But.... had he said 'yes, it's true... sorry Gail.' would the public at large forgive him his being human, or would it have ruined him ?


I'm guessing it would be the end of his career, I just wonder are we more concerned with the private sex lives of others than we should be ? aren't there bigger issues (regarding politicians) that are overlooked and/or forgiven more freely like (for example) war crimes, misuse of public spending etc.


Just wondering (not specific to this case) if the priorities of the public are a little askew ?

I know perjury is a serious crime etc,but  bloody murderers will get less than he will more than likely.

Agree comrade, when you have scuzzy papers like Murdoch owns spouting trash and sex,then they go on a "crusade" against folk on "moral" grounds stinks of the highest hypocricy.

He lied about going to a swingers club So feckin what. People lie worse than that every day and don't face jail. What a waste of money, time and much ado about nowt IMO.

http://sheridantrial.blogspot.com/

I`ve read the Sheridan trial blog from day one. Such a shame they had to remove all the excellant previous comments from contributors.

Scotty I have read that Billy Davies was the name of one of the guys that went to Cupids with Tommy,I dont know the man.

Wonders how many times Murdochs rags have been done for libel etc..
Oh and that lamebrain Cable voicing what he might have got away with..i.e putting the brakes on Murdoch if he only had kept schtum...eejit!

He lied in court though and was therefore guilty of perjury..
Its not the same as your everyday liES.
He should have just held his hands up in the first place and said "so what"
He wanted a whole political movement to lie for him  and put them in an unwinnable situation just to save his own hide.
I've no sympathy for him and think he is an arrogant tosspot.

I agree with stupidcupids post he should have put his hands up and said "so what" he also got a lot of money claiming his innocence and a lot of taxpayers money spent on his trial.

I have followed the trial closely and sorry at the result, I firmly beleive Tommy was stitched up. I watched the BBC programme last night (dont know if it was shown nationwide) There is no doubt that most of his "friends" were on the NOTW payroll. Wasnt the jury 7/5 ?    Gail will stand by her man, thats for sure

I didn't want to pre judge but now it's over..... He should have noted the watershed Gillian Taylforth (I think ) case. If she'd just put her hands up, as it were, to giving her partner a gam, then it would have been over quicker than a Wayne Rooney story. Whilst the public regard him as a hero on the fight against the forces of evil he would get away with his visits to Swingers Clubs, whatever they are.

Yeah McNeilage  

And Lothian and Borders Polis putting it to Gail she was using an IRA technique in staying silent in her interview - feck me! 

Tommy sued the newspaper ,it was him that took them  to court.
Foolish move,when he knew they were telling the truth about him.Tommy Sheridan should have just ignored the story or as most peole have said ,just put his hands up and say "So what".

Agreed erin  

 Hope you are having a great birthday Velvet.

I'm Ferris Bueller today erin  

Sentenced today.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-s...lasgow-west-12280552

Thanks for the link SB.

Sheridan quoted the sentences given to other high profile perjurers - former Conservative MPs Jonathan Aitken and Lord Archer.

He said Aitken had been jailed for 18 months while Archer had received four years for two charges of perjury and for perverting the course of justice. 

This was compared to Sheridan's own conviction on one charge of perjury, which contained five allegations.

Tommy`s made a valid argument for a lesser sentence. I hope he succeeds.