Police to investigate Glasgow club over spy mirror

POLICE have confirmed that they are investigating reports of a two-way mirror allowing people to see into the women’s bathroom in a Glasgow nightclub.
A screenshot from the YouTube promo video, which is now private, appearing to show the mirror in action. Picture: SubmittedA screenshot from the YouTube promo video, which is now private, appearing to show the mirror in action. Picture: Submitted
A screenshot from the YouTube promo video, which is now private, appearing to show the mirror in action. Picture: Submitted

The Scottish Sunday Express reported at the weekend that reporters posing as customers were told that private booths allowing a view into the women’s bathroom at the Shimmy Club, in the city’s Royal Exchange Square, were available to hire for £800, but that rooms were not available for male, or mixed groups ‘for the time being’.

However, pictures emerged on social media purporting to show a male clubber watching female revellers through the mirror - and a promotional video to be of the G1 Group-owned club’s launch on May 2nd this year appears to show the mirror in use.

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Despite the Scottish Sunday Express quoting G1 Group’s Gary Hall as saying it was ‘definitely not the case’ that the women’s bathroom was fitted with a two-way mirror, a statement posted on the club’s Facebook page, defended the mirror, calling it ‘a design feature created as a bit of fun’ and claimed that the ‘vast majority’ of people who have visited the club see it as a ‘talking point’.

The club also said in the statement that there was a separate mirror area which was ‘completely out of view of the club’, but that it had put clearer signage in place informing female customers of the two-way mirror following ‘media feedback’.

An online petition calling for the G1 Group to be stripped of awards given to it has been signed by over 1,000 people so far, and the Scottish branch of sexual harrassment organisation Hollaback said it was ‘shocked’ at the reports.

A spokesperson for Glasgow Council’s Licensing board confirmed that they had been made aware of the situation, saying: “Complaints have been received about these premises and licensing standards officers are investigating.”

A Police Scotland spokesman added: “We can confirm we have received a complaint and the matter is being investigated.”

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