FIVE MSPS ARE 'FILMED BY SPY CAM IN PARLY TOILET'

Cops bid to identify the rest of figures caught secretly by hidden camera

- BY HANNAH RODGER Political Editor

AT LEAST five MSPs along with several journalists and staff have been contacted by police over alleged secret toilet recordings in Parliament.

Detectives have begun interviewing people already identified in footage understood to be from a covert camera hidden in a cubicle in the Holyrood building.

So far officers have identified at least five parliamentarians, as well as one journalist and several other staff members.

The Sunday Mail can reveal all those identified are male and were captured by the device allegedly concealed in a small men's loo opposite the main Holyrood chamber.

The facilities have just two cubicles and are only for parliamentary pass holders.

The revelation comes after MSP Colin Smyth was arrested and charged with possession of indecent images. He faces allegations of planting a hidden camera in the loos at Holyrood.

Police raided his Dumfries home and seized electronic devices, before arresting and charging the MSP, 52, on August 5. He is due at Dumfries Sheriff Court at a later date. The married dad who has been suspended by Labour denies the allegations.

A source told the Sunday Mail officers were working to identify those caught on camera while using the toilet.

They said: "Some MSPs have already been interviewed about it. They had to confirm it was them in the footage.

"They are still going through it all as there could be people who they can't identify for whatever reason in the films as their faces aren't visible.