Ms Trolle had allegedly claimed to him she had been having an affair with Mr Sheridan.

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The other allegation dropped was that she lied when she said she saw Katrine Trolle at the Scottish Socialist Party Conference in Perth in 2005.

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Mr Rowan had told the jury he went to the News of the World to "protect" another woman, Fiona McGuire, who the newspaper thought was having an affair with Mr Sheridan, and gave the paper the name of Katrine Trolle.

BBC: Tommy Sheridan begins own defence in perjury trial