Gail Sheridan (politician)
- Gail Sheridan (politician)
::"See Gail Sheridan (actress) for the American actress of the same name."
Gail Sheridan (nee Healey) (born c. 1964) is currently an activist in Solidarity (Scotland), after being an activist in the Scottish Socialist Party from 1999 to 2006. She is married to Solidarity convenor Tommy Sheridan, although they were at school together they only married some years later. In 2003 she stood as a local councillor for Glasgow Cardonald. She works as an air hostess and married Tommy Sheridan, SSP convenor at the time, in 2000. They have one child.
She was heavily involved in the 2006 court case Sheridan v News International in which her husband sued the "News of the World" for defamation over allegations that he had committed adultery and attended a swingers' club in Manchester. During the case when asked by her husband if she would have given evidence had she believed the stories against him, she replied "There is no way I would be here. Neither would you [Tommy Sheridan] . You would be in the Clyde with a piece of concrete tied round you and I would be in court for your murder." [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/5231816.stm BBC coverage of trial] ]
In February 2008 she was charged with perjury in relation to the case, along with several others, including her father Angus Healey. In the same month, she was suspended from her air hostess job with British Airways over the alleged theft of miniature bottles of alcohol. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7260042.stm BBC NEWS | Scotland | Gail Sheridan charged with theft ] ]
Later in the year she was cleared of the allegations of theft and re-instated to her job with BA. However, as of September 2008, the charges of perjury are still outstanding.
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