{"id":12067,"date":"2025-07-21T04:20:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T04:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/12067\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T04:20:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T04:20:07","slug":"bbc-star-reveals-horror-after-landlord-recorded-naked-images-on-hidden-spy-cam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/12067\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC star reveals horror after landlord recorded naked images on hidden spy cam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A BBC actress has told of her horror after discovering her landlord planted a spy cam in her bathroom.<\/p>\n<p>The Scots star \u2014 who has appeared in prime-time comedies and dramas \u2014 found the recording device hidden in a washing basket after taking a shower.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Silhouette of a woman's back.\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Newsline\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/no-byline-photo-t-identified-932788321.jpg\" data-caption=\"A BBC actress (pictured) opened up on her spy cam ordeal as cops launch a probe\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/no-byline-photo-t-identified-932788321.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>A BBC actress (pictured) opened up on her spy cam ordeal as cops launch a probeCredit: Newsline<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hidden spy camera in a laundry basket.\" height=\"960\" width=\"443\" data-credit=\"Supplied\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/bbc-star-told-horror-discovering-1010038718_7b5ffe.jpg\" data-caption=\"The clandestine device was stashed inside a washing basket in the bathroom\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/bbc-star-told-horror-discovering-1010038718_7b5ffe.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>The clandestine device was stashed inside a washing basket in the bathroomCredit: Supplied<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Screenshot of a video file showing a blurred image of a person.\" height=\"548\" width=\"335\" data-credit=\"Supplied\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/bbc-star-told-horror-discovering-1010038788.jpg\" data-caption=\"The performer's pervert landlord inadvertently filmed himself on his own device\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/bbc-star-told-horror-discovering-1010038788.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>The performer&#8217;s pervert landlord inadvertently filmed himself on his own deviceCredit: Supplied<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Spy camera found in a washing basket.\" height=\"960\" width=\"518\" data-credit=\"Supplied\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/cccbcd4c-6934-49a2-8db6-9275ad067f74_69026f.jpg\" data-caption=\"The shocked star quickly removed the camera and fled the property\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/cccbcd4c-6934-49a2-8db6-9275ad067f74_69026f.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>The shocked star quickly removed the camera and fled the propertyCredit: Supplied<\/p>\n<p>She fled the flat before watching back the footage and finding intimate clips of herself \u2014 plus an image of the creep changing the memory card.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/topic\/cops\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cops<\/a> have launched a probe. Last night the telly star said: \u201cI was in a state of absolute shock. He filmed me when I was at my most vulnerable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The performer told how she moved into the property in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/topic\/france\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">France<\/a> last July after a break-up with a boyfriend.<\/p>\n<p>Her 40-something landlord \u2014 whom she believed was a drug user \u2014 soon seemed suspicious.<\/p>\n<p>The actress recalled: \u201cSomething didn\u2019t feel right with him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Later she found two holes drilled into the bathroom wall which she plugged with cotton earbuds.<\/p>\n<p>And the night before she found the recording device she claimed the sicko spiked her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/topic\/drink\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">drink<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>She recalled: \u201cIt was like something out of a horror movie.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI always used to notice this little black dot in the washing basket across from the shower.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never in a million years thought he\u2019d be spying on me. But given what had happened the night before, I went to have a closer look.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy heart just stopped and I burst into tears. There was a green light flashing on the camera.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI knew that it was on and I was being recorded.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Initially she remained in the bathroom and switched off the lights fearing the sicko could be waiting outside \u201cwith a knife\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Eventually she packed a bag and fled the property before returning with cops days later.<\/p>\n<p>She eventually plucked up the courage to watch the video and was horrified saying: \u201cI was in complete shock.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Police said: \u201cThe subject of the complaint is a violation of privacy by filming or recording or transmitting the image of a person of a sexual nature.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A BBC actress has told of her horror after discovering her landlord planted a spy cam in her&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12068,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[243,5254,5255,924,96,59,123,103,288,7859,200,7860,7858,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-12067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-bbc","tag-bbc-one","tag-bbc-two","tag-crime","tag-entertainment","tag-gb","tag-hollywood","tag-instagram","tag-police","tag-police-scotland","tag-scotland","tag-scottish-crime","tag-section-newsscottish-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}