Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: On 26 September 2000 , he was charged with perjury and perverting the course of justice during the 1987 libel trial .
Simplified: On 26 September , 2000 he was charged with perjury and perverting the course of justice ( i.e. , obstruction of justice ) during the 1987 libel trial .