Some time ago Lord Prescott, Tom Watson MP and others whipped themselves into a lather about Andy Coulson, late of The News of The World and now Downing Street ‘Malcom Tucker’ for The Tory / Lib-Dem axis of…[ Please feel free to add your own word here to suit your tastes].
It all went a bit quiet – but I am pleased to report that Scots Law bloggers LoveandGarbage and Lallands Peat Worrier have been on the case with this and reveal that Coulson will (possibly – added) now have to give evidence, under cross examination…
I’ll let Lallands Peat Worrier take up the story with this intropduction to LoveandGarbage’s post…
With his usual quick-witted legal instincts, gallimaufrous legal blogger Love and Garbage outpaced the clopping metropolitan press, recognising the combined implications of Sheridan’s perjury trial – starting today – and the New York Times investigation into the invasive and illegal journalistic practices of the News of the World. At that time, the paper was edited by one Andy Coulson, now director of communications for David Cameron. As Love and Garbage recognised, the practices of the News of the World – and what its editor might or might not have known about those practices – may be of distinct interest in the case of HM Advocate v. Sheridan & Sheridan. On the 26th of September, the Sunday Herald ran with this piece, indicating that Coulson had indeed given a precognition to the Sheridan defence, headlined “Downing Street spindoctor dragged into Sheridan case”. Would he testify before a Scottish court we all wondered, subject to the formidable cross-examination skills of old-hand advocates, Maggie Scott QC and wur ain Paul McBride QC? On the 4th of September, Love and Garbage wrote………
Do have a read…. and do Lord Prezza and Tom Watson MP a favour and let them know!
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