the trial, with Gavin Mitchell as Tommy Sheridan, Karen Dunbar as Gail, and Julie Wilson Nimmo as Katrine Trolle. On 24 December 2010, Tommy Sheridan lodged an intimation of intention to appeal against his conviction. In June 2011, leave to appeal was refused by a single judge at the first sift. This decision was appealed to a bench of three judges. In August 2011, leave to appeal was refused at the second sift In the light of the News of the World phone hacking affair, the Crown Office instructed the Strathclyde Police to reassess the evidence. However Paul McBride stated that he did not believe that this affair had any bearing on Sheridan's conviction. A complaint submitted to Strathclyde Police in July 2011 led to Operation Rubicon, a major investigation involving 50 officers investigating allegations of phone hacking, breach of data protection and perjury by News of the World. Alex Prentice has continued his legal career, twice winning a murder conviction without a body in 2012. Paul McBride died suddenly in early 2012. A few people involved in the case were candidates in the 2012 Glasgow City Council election: Gail Sheridan, and Frances Curran and Joyce Drummond who were witnesses. There have since been a few books written on the case: Downfall by Alan McCombes, Tommy Sheridan: From Hero to Zero? A Political Biography by Gregor Gall, and A Parcel of Rogues by Jim Monaghan. On 30 May 2012 Andy Coulson was charged with perjury in relation to this case. In August 2012 Douglas Wight was charged with various offences in relation to the case, and Bob Bird was charged with various offences in relation to the earlier civil case. On 3 June 2015, Coulson was acquitted after the case against him was dismissed by a judge. The cases against Wight and Bird were also dropped without coming to trial. A play about the case, I, Tommy, has had three runs in Scotland, the third with Rosie Kane playing herself. In 2015 the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission declined to refer the case to the High Court. Notes References External links Sunday Herald summary of case Scottish Socialist Party statement on conviction Solidarity statement on conviction 2004 publication with statements from all currents in the SSP at the time short extract from the George McNeilage video The Truth about Tommy Sheridan from Scottish Socialist Youth article about the case from