Scottish Labour MSP Colin Smyth has been arrested and charged over possession of indecent images.

The 52-year-old South Scotland representative was arrested at a property in Dumfries earlier this month.

Smyth has been suspended by Scottish Labour and is now listed as an independent on the parliament website.

He is due to appear at Dumfries Sheriff Court at a later date.

Smyth has been an MSP since 2016 and has held several frontbench roles, most recently in April 2023, and previously served as Scottish Labour’s general secretary.

His phone was answered but then went dead when BBC Scotland News tried to contact him.

The party confirmed the suspension but provided no further comment.