The suspended Labour MSP Colin Smyth has been charged over allegations a secret camera was placed in toilets inside the Scottish parliament.<\/p>\n
The PA news agency understands that Smyth, 52, faces a further charge from the police in relation to the allegations.<\/p>\n
His Holyrood pass was deactivated on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The Daily Record reported that the MSP was charged over the camera allegations on Thursday evening.<\/p>\n
A Scottish parliament spokesperson said that given the criminal investigation, the Scottish parliamentary corporate body \u201ctook the decision this evening to deactivate Colin Smyth\u2019s parliamentary pass\u201d.<\/p>\n
David McGill, the parliament\u2019s chief executive, emailed MSPs to let them know of the decision. He said: \u201cWe recognise the nature of the criminal charges and the ongoing investigation may be upsetting for colleagues and cause distress.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe would therefore like to remind everyone who works at Holyrood or in constituency offices of the confidential support services that are available.\u201d<\/p>\n
Smyth was arrested and charged this month in connection with possession of indecent images, prompting his suspension from Scottish Labour.<\/p>\n
The South Scotland MSP was arrested on Tuesday 5 August and is due to appear in court at a later date.<\/p>\n
He was first elected as an MSP in 2016 and was returned to Holyrood at the 2021 election. The Scottish parliament website now lists him as an independent.<\/p>\n
A spokesperson for Police Scotland said: \u201cOn Tuesday 5 August 2025, officers executed a warrant at a property on Marchfield Avenue, Dumfries.<\/p>\n
\u201cA 52-year-old man was arrested and charged in connection with possession of indecent images. He is due to appear at Dumfries sheriff court at a later date.\u201d<\/p>\n
A spokesperson for Scottish Labour said: \u201cThe whip has been removed from Colin Smyth MSP, pending an investigation. We cannot comment further on this matter while the investigation is ongoing.\u201d<\/p>\n
It is understood the MSP was administratively suspended by Labour after the party became aware of the police investigation.<\/p>\n
In a statement last week Smyth said: \u201cThese events have come as a shock and this is a deeply stressful time. I am obviously co-operating fully with any inquiries and hope the matter can be resolved quickly.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am not able to comment further at this stage, and in the meantime I would ask for the privacy of my family and friends to be respected.\u201d<\/p>\n
A spokesperson for the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service said: \u201cA standard prosecution report has been received by the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service from Police Scotland in relation to a 52-year-old man.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The suspended Labour MSP Colin Smyth has been charged over allegations a secret camera was placed in toilets…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":99704,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-99703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99703","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=99703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}