British soldier 'filmed women in showers'

Updated: 16:02, Tuesday, 10 April 2007

British military police are investigating claims that a soldier serving in Iraq secretly filmed his female colleagues in the shower.

The Ministry of Defence confirmed the investigation today.

The British soldier is thought to have set up a webcam to spy on female colleagues, downloaded the images to mobile phones and passed them around, according to the Daily Mirror newspaper.

Investigators believe the incident happened at a British military base outside Basra in southern Iraq.

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