Wife backs husband in defamation case

A POLITICIAN’S wife yesterday told a jury she would have been in court on a murder charge if her husband had cheated on her, visited a swingers’ club and had taken part in orgies.

Gail Sheridan, 42, broke down in the witness box as she told former Scottish Socialist Party leader Tommy Sheridan of her pride at the way he has conducted himself during his defamation action against the News Of The World.

Mr Sheridan, who is representing himself, brought the case against the newspaper after it printed articles which said he visited a swingers club and took part in orgies.