Getty imagesAn MSP refused to hide a secret camera in a toilet in the Scottish Parliament after a MSP prohibited from entering the building.
52 -year -old Colin Smith was suspended by Labor on a separate charge of having children’s porn images earlier this month.
Smith criticized the police Scotland for releasing details of his investigation and said that it has forced him to leave his home to protect his family.
South Scotland MSP said that he was “fully co-operating” with the authorities and the later date Dumphs Sheriffs are going to appear in the court.
He will now face another fee to hide a camera at Holiroad Building in Edinburgh.
In an email to the employees on Thursday, the corporate body of Parliament said that Smith The use of the building was canceled Due to “ongoing criminal investigation”.
The Scottish Parliament has confirmed that the police had searched all toilets and changing rooms, but no “secret recording devices” were found.
Getty imagesIn a statement, Smith said the new allegation came as “a completely shock”.
The MSP, who was arrested on 5 August in the dummies, played several frontbench roles with Scottish Labor and was the first party’s general secretary.
He said: “There has been disastrous to release publicly details of their ongoing inquiry along with my home addresses, and recently decided by the police and have taken a serious toll on my health.
“After my address was published, I felt that I had no choice but to go far to protect my family.”
Smith first worked as a modern study teacher and has a wife and two daughters.
He said that the police investigation was “especially heavy” for him.
Safety sweep
In an email to MSPS on Friday, the Scottish Parliament stated that the employee “security and welfare” was its priority.
Presiding officer Alison Johnstone wrote: “We can confirm that the police Scotland, with our support, have made a complete sweep of all toilets and changing rooms in our building and no secret recording equipment has been found.
“We have also instructed that additional checks have been increased in our existing security sweeps of the building.”
The Scottish parliamentary corporate body canceled Smith’s reach for the building before the MSP returning from summer holidays next week.
It is understood that Smith can still contribute to the debate and vote from a distance using a system installed in Holiroad during epidemic.
Scottish Labor said that when the party became aware of the investigation of the police, Smith was now an independent MSP when it took “fast action”.
A spokesperson said: “We cannot comment on these deep events, while legal proceedings continue.”
