A Marsaxlokk restaurant has denied ever installing or finding secret cameras in its restrooms.

It comes after it emerged in court on Monday that police had found over 14,000 photos of women in the possession of Albert Buttigieg – the restaurant’s administrator.

The shocking testimony was given in court on Monday as the case against Buttigieg and Florinda Sultana continued. Both are charged with laundering illicit funds through two restaurants they ran in Valletta and Marsaxlokk.

Capo Mullini is the Marsaxlokk restaurant in question.  Buttigieg was its administrator.

Testifying on Monday, court expert Martin Bajada, tasked to analyse the electronic devices seized by the police from the accused, said that he found some 14,000 photos that appeared to come from hidden cameras in female toilets. The expert did not specify whether the spy cameras were placed in the restaurant toilets.

Bajada testified that 32 devices included 28 USB devices, micro SD cards, mobile phones and laptops were analysed.

He said that during the investigation, around 14,000 photos from a camera hidden in a women’s bathroom were found.

In a statement however on Tuesday, the restaurant categorically denied that “any recording equipment was ever installed and /or found in the lavatories of the restaurant and used for illegal activities.”

“Ristorante Capo Mulini also strongly refutes claims that 14,000 images have been taken or have been in their possession or the possession of their employees”, the short statement reads.