Carol Rohan Beyts, pictured, said she had been left 'slightly paranoid' about urinating outdoors after claiming to have been filmed by three people during a 'private moment'

A grandmother is suing Donald Trump's Scottish golf course after claiming staff filmed her urinating leaving her 'shocked'.

Carol Rohan Beyts is a long-term campaigner against the Menie estate course and told a small claims hearing at Edinburgh Sheriff Court she has been left 'slightly paranoid' about urinating outdoors.

The 62-year-old said she met fellow campaigner Sue Edwards for a walk at the course on April 11 2016, having decided to accompany her friend for 'safety reasons' after staff had photographed her on a previous walk.

Ms Beyts said she was being treated for urinary incontinence at the time and after jumping over a stream 'needed urgently to go to the toilet'.

She said: 'I shouted to Sue something like"'I need a private moment" and she said something like "I'll carry on and make sure no-one is around".

'I couldn't see anybody, I was convinced of that. I'm not in the habit of urinating when there is anybody in view. I would be horrified. I just squatted down in the dunes.'

She told the court they carried on their walk and then a staff vehicle drew up and a man got out and started taking photos, who she later discovered was photographer Colin Rennie.

Ms Beyts said the course manager was there and she and her friend were asked their opinion about the course in a 'polite' exchange, and told them it was 'in the wrong place' before heading on.

Ms Beyts had opposed Donald Trump's course from the planning stage due to concerns over environmental damage. The billionaire mogul is pictured above playing there in 2010

Three days later, two police officers visited her home in Montrose, Angus, at 10pm and arrested her for public urination.

The court previously heard the procurator fiscal decided no action would be taken.

She said: 'I was shocked. I couldn't believe this was happening. I was shocked not because of the criminal charge but because of the police coming to my door for what was quite a trivial incident.

'I hadn't done anything wrong in my book. I had done what I always did when I was out and needed the toilet.'

The 62-year-old, pictured left, was walking with friend Sue Edwards, pictured right, when she urinated on the course

Ms Beyts said she now finds it 'more difficult' to go the toilet outside when on multi-day camping trips as a result of what happened

She assumed she had been caught on CCTV but was later told by police that three men - two staff and a visitor - had filmed her on mobile phones.

Ms Beyts said: 'I felt really quite upset because I had taken all possible steps to ensure I wasn't viewed.

'I was quite upset that I had a conversation possibly with the men that had filmed me and not a word was mentioned to me.'

She said she now finds it 'more difficult' to go the toilet outside when on multi-day camping trips.

She said: 'I'm always very careful that I am not overlooked.

'I go to extraordinary lengths - I'm slightly paranoid that there might be somebody hiding behind a tree or something. I sounds ridiculous but that's how I feel.'

She said she had opposed Mr Trump's course from the planning stage due to concerns over environmental damage, at one stage leading a protest march, but had always done so legally.

Paul Motion QC, representing Trump International, claimed Beyts was a 'long-term opponent' of the Menie development and was involved with a Facebook page against the course. Ms Beyts agreed with the claims.

The case before Sheriff Donald Crowe continues.