Man secretly filmed sex sessions

A man who set up a home video camera to secretly film sex sessions with his wife without her knowledge has avoided a prison sentence.

Yate Magistrates' Court in Bristol heard the 55-year-old had linked the bathroom camera to a TV in the couple's bedroom for "sexual gratification".

The man's wife unwittingly discovered the camera when she turned on the TV and saw her naked husband in the bath.

He was sentenced to a nine-month community rehabilitation order.

After confronting her husband about the camera, the woman - who is now filing for divorce - left the house they shared in a south Gloucestershire village.

Earlier hearing

She called the police and her husband was arrested.

He told officers that he had purchased and installed a CCTV camera in the bathroom.

The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded guilty to three counts of voyeurism at an earlier hearing.

Debbie Bakehouse, defending, said: "He tells me that his intentions were to view the footage with his wife.

"He now understands that he should have got his wife's consent before any of this took place."

The man was ordered to pay £130 costs and an order was made to destroy the equipment.