DVLA clerk sacked after sex film

The clips of Ms Muirhead having sex were sent on a mobile phone

A DVLA worker whose mobile phone video-clips of herself having sex were sent to her colleagues has been sacked for gross misconduct.

The Swansea-based Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) clerk filmed herself having sex with her boyfriend. The film was then forwarded to staff.

Heather Muirhead, 23, was dismissed following an inquiry by the DVLA after senior staff saw the clips.

A friend of Ms Muirhead has said she may go to an industrial tribunal.

Ms Muirhead's dismissal follows an inquiry at DVLA into "alleged circulation of unacceptable material".

The 23-year-old made the mobile phone film with her boyfriend, chef Lee Jones, 26, while on a romantic hotel break.

It was then texted to staff at the DVLA, eventually reaching nearly 300 people.

A junior member of staff has been dismissed for gross misconduct DVLA spokesman

More than 6,000 people work for the DVLA, most of them based in a 20-storey building in the Morriston area of Swansea.

Many are said to have viewed the clips by the time managers stepped in.

A DVLA spokesman said: "A junior member of staff has been dismissed for gross misconduct."

But a friend of Ms Muirhead is reported to have said: "She is very upset about being sacked and is thinking of going to an employment tribunal.

"Although she was worried about going back to work, she didn't want to be sacked."

The DVLA processes driving licences for the UK and is one of the biggest employers in south Wales.