Couldn't make it up, oh they did, allegedly.
http://local.stv.tv/glasgow/103888-former-news-of-the-world-editor-andy-coulson-arrested-on-perjury-charges/Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson detained on perjury charges
STV 30 May 2012 09:52 BST
Andy Coulson: The former editor gave evidence at the Tommy Sheridan trial.Paul Grover/Rex Features
Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson has been arrested by Scots police in connection with a perjury inquiry.
Coulson, the ex-Downing Street director of communications, was arrested by Strathclyde Police officers in London on Wednesday morning.
A police spokeswoman said: "Officers acting for Strathclyde Police Operation Rubicon detained a 44-year-old man in London this morning under Section 14 of the Criminal Procedure Scotland Act on suspicion of committing perjury at the High Court in Glasgow.
"It would be inappropriate to comment further in this case."
Coulson gave evidence in the perjury trial of Tommy Sheridan in December 2010.
Former Scottish Socialist Party leader Sheridan was jailed for three years for lying under oath during his defamation action against the News of the World in 2006. He was freed in January of this year.
Sheridan was awarded £200,000 in 2006 in damages after winning his defamation case against the newspaper at the Court of Session in Edinburgh, but he later ended up in the dock facing a trial for perjury.
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