HM Advocate v Coulson

HM Advocate v Coulson
Court High Court of Justiciary
Full case name Her Majesty's Advocate v Andrew Coulson
Case history
Related action(s) HM Advocate v Sheridan and Sheridan

Her Majesty's Advocate v Andrew Coulson is the trial of Andy Coulson, a former editor of the News of the World and former Director of Communications for David Cameron, on charges of perjury.

He was detained by Strathclyde Police on 30 May 2012 in London, and taken to Helen Street police station in Glasgow.[1] He was later charged with having committed perjury in 2010 during HM Advocate v Sheridan and Sheridan[2][3][4]

Edinburgh High Court

He appeared at Glasgow Sheriff Court on 13 June 2013 in private, represented by Richard Keen QC; no plea or declaration was made and he was given bail. There was a ban on reporting this at the time, but it was challenged by some media outlets and lifted a few days later.[5][6]

On 6 August a preliminary hearing took place at Glasgow High Court, where the indictment was made public. He was not present but was represented by Murdo MacLeod QC.[7][8]

The trial was scheduled to begin on 21 April 2015 in Edinburgh, and to last 6 weeks.[9][10] It has now been postponed to 11 May 2015. [11]

References

  1. ↑ "Andy Coulson charged in Tommy Sheridan trial perjury inquiry". BBC News. 30 May 2012. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  2. ↑ Rose, Gareth (31 May 2012). "Scottish police charge Andy Coulson with Tommy Sheridan trial perjury". scotsman.com. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  3. ↑ Carrell, Severin; Wintour, Patrick (30 May 2012). "Andy Coulson charged with perjury". The Guardian (London). Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  4. ↑ "Coulson charged over Sheridan trial evidence" The Herald (Glasgow), 31 May 2012
  5. ↑ "Andy Coulson appears in court on perjury charge", BBC News (Glasgow and West Scotland), 18 June 2013
  6. ↑ "Andy Coulson appears in court on perjury charge", The Herald (Glasgow), 18 June 2013
  7. ↑ http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/coulson-perjury-case-back-in-court.1407316018 Glasgow Herald August 2014
  8. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-28676197 BBC Scotland 6 August 2014
  9. ↑ "Andy Coulson faces perjury trial". BBC News. 23 February 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  10. ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/feb/23/andy-coulson-perjury-trial-date-set
  11. ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/apr/13/andy-coulson-perjury-trial-delayed-until-after-general-election?CMP=share_btn_fb