AN upskirting pervert who secretly filmed 250 women in Worcester with a camera hidden in his shoe has been spared jail at Worcester Crown Court today.

Richard Whyley filmed under the skirts of victims, recording 6,000 images of buttocks and genitals in Worcester High Street using a GoPro camera concealed in the toe of his shoe.

He was made subject to a three year community order after the judge said the defendant's engagement with therapy meant there was a realistic prospect of rehabilitation.

Whyley must also complete 40 rehabilitation activity requirement days and an accredited sex offender programme. Whyley was also ordered to pay £750 compensation to the victim who identified him taking her picture in a Worcester High Street Shop. He was placed on a sexual harm prevention order for five years and placed on an electronically monitored curfew for four months between 9pm and 6am.

A 16-year-old girl, who read out her victim personal statement in court, raised the alarm at H&M in Worcester on August 16, 2019 after she heard the camera click, bringing his depraved campaign to an end which included recording women having sex in their homes.

The 32-year-old admitted voyeurism, two charges of recording an image under clothing to observe without consent and operating equipment beneath the clothing of another without consent.

The photos were taken mainly in Worcester but also in Malvern and Stourbridge between June 26 and August 15, 2019.

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