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Labour MSP Colin Smyth Charged with Child Image Offenses

8/21/2025

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Labour MSP Colin Smyth faces charges for possessing indecent images of children and will appear in Dumfries Sheriff Court.
He has been suspended from Scottish Labour and is now listed as an independent.
Smyth, 52, was arrested on August 5 and claims to be cooperating with the investigation.

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Labour MSP Colin Smyth faces charges for possessing indecent images of children and will appear in Dumfries Sheriff Court.
He has been suspended from Scottish Labour and is now listed as an independent.
Smyth, 52, was arrested on August 5 and claims to be cooperating with the investigation.