Voyeur Spied On Naked Housemate With Secret Bathroom Camera

A voyeur, who installed a secet camera to record a naked female housemate taking a bath, has been ordered to pay her £300 compensation.

Jason Shotton, 23, of Hall Hill Road, Holbeach, Spalding, Lincolnshire concealed the small camera in a wash bag on top of the toilet.

The first-time offender confessed to police he had a “crush” on the young woman and wanted to see her naked.

He pleaded guilty to voyeurism, for the purpose of sexual gratification, on or about September 1, 2011 at Underwood, New Addington, Croydon.

Shotton was placed on a three-year community order, ordered to attend a sex offenders course, sign the sex offenders register for five years and pay £85 costs.

Croydon Magistrates' Court heard he was caught when a friend of the victim went through his belongings and found the recording.

The woman was distressed by the offence and Shotton's friendship with his ex-housemates has completely broken down.

Bench chairman Roger Keep said the one-off offence “was planned and thought out,” and asked Shotton: “You’ve seen the video on a number of occasions – can you imagine her embarrassment?”

Prosecutor Nicola Calnan said Shotton had stayed at various addresses after having some problems.

His victim was among his friends and he slept downstairs for a few months at her parents’ home.

It was after he returned to Lincolnshire that a housemate found the recording.

“Shotton was interviewed by police and confessed to setting up a webcam in a wash bag on the top of a toilet,” said Mrs Calnan.

“He said he had a ‘crush’ on her and wanted to see her naked. Initially, he thought it was ‘nice’ as he watched it but then ‘felt it was wrong and perverted.”

Paul Carr, defending, said: “It was one video, a one-off. She had taken a photo of him naked and said she would show their friends.

“The next day he set up the webcam – his desire was to have some form of collateral.”

Mr. Carr said Shotton, who prepares food for Marks & Spencer, is sorry for what he did and his current girlfriend is standing by him.