Ex-MP Natalie McGarry stayed in toilet during house search, says officer

An embezzlement trial hears Natalie McGarry was angry and distressed when police arrived at her home.

A police officer has told a jury how former MP Natalie McGarry took refuge in a toilet as he read out a search warrant for her home.

He said she closed the door on his face and did not conduct herself in a way "befitting of her position".The former SNP MP for Glasgow East allegedly embezzled £21,000 while treasurer of Women for Independence between April 2013 and November 2015. He said: "She then took refuge in the bathroom and I had to read the terms of the warrant through the bathroom door."The witness replied: "There was a continued escalation or de-escalation. For a person in an elected position, her conduct was not befitting her position."

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