Brighton man jailed for indecent images and voyeurism

A Brighton man has been sentenced to 20 months in prison, after police discovered more than 1,000 indecent images of children on his computer.
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Terence Munro

Investigators also found he had been secretly filming a woman in the shower without her knowledge, and that he had adapted her computer so that he could access it from his own.

Terence Munro, 58, a driver, of Goodwood Way, Brighton, was sentenced to a total of 20 months in prison when he appeared at Chichester Crown Court on Thursday (December 22).

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He had previously pleaded guilty to three charges of making indecent images, one charge of voyeurism and one charge of computer misuse.

He was also required to register as a sex offender for ten years, and was given a Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO) to last indefinitely, severely restricting his access to children and computers.

Officers from the Sussex Police Paedophile On-Line Investigation Team (POLIT) had executed a search warrant at Munro’s address in May 2015, after receiving information that he was accessing indecent images of children on-line.

On examining his computer they found not just 1,000 indecent images of children, but also evidence that he had interfered with the computer of a woman known to him.

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On making further enquiries they also discovered that he had also secretly fitted a miniature camera into the bathroom she used, enabling him to monitor her use of it.

Sussex Police said none of the indecent images are of the woman; they are taken from the Internet, and none are thought to be of local children

In sentencing Munro, Judge Christopher Parker said: “This was a sophisticated and planned intrusion into, and the entire removal of, the privacy of a... young woman.”

Investigator Mark Hibberd of POLIT, said: “We are very glad to have brought this man to justice. Each viewing of indecent images is in effect a further abuse of the children in them, and he also caused personal torment to a victim for his own sexual gratification.”

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