Andy Coulson cleared of perjury as Scottish trial collapses

Ex-News of the World editor Andy Coulson, 47, has been cleared of committing perjury while giving evidence in the trial of former member of the Scottish parliament, Tommy Sheridan.

Andy Coulson cleared of perjury as Scottish trial collapses

Coulson was on trial for about two weeks at the High Court of Edinburgh accused of lying under oath when he appeared as a witness during Sheridan’s 2010 perjury trial in Glasgow — an allegation he denied.

But the case against him collapsed after a judge upheld a defence submission he had no case to answer.

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