23 YEARS OF CLASS WAR
1999 Elected as MSP and leader of the Scottish Socialist Party, Sheridan swears allegiance to the Queen with a clenched fist.
2003 Re- elected despite being twice sent to jail while serving as an MSP.
2004 News of the World (NoW) publishes lurid allegations that Sheridan was involved in swinging, bondage and group sex. He resigns as SSP convener.
2006 Sheridan sues the newspaper for defamation. Court of Session rules that claims of affairs and cocaine use damaged his reputation and awards him £200,000.
2008 He is charged with perjury after NoW produces video which, it claims, proves Sheridan lied in court.
2009 While on bail facing criminal trial, Sheridan appears on TV’s Celebrity Big Brother.
2010 Sheridan is convicted of perjury after 12-week trial and jailed for three years.
2015 Sheridan tries to clear his name and unsuccessfully asks the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC) to return his case to the High Court. 2016 Another attempt to clear his name is rejected.
2018 Sheridan challenges the SCCRC decision but judge rules it is correct and orders him to pay legal fees.
2022 SCCRC takes legal action to recover fees and Sheridan is declared bankrupt.