Adrian Grace had hundreds of videos of men on his phone that he had recorded in public toilets without them knowing. A court heard that he "could not control himself" and that his latest conviction follows an incident at Manchester airport on December 8 last year.
After being unable to find Grace, the victim contacted the police, who arrested Grace at the scene and confiscated his phones. Mr Collins said officers examined the phones for evidence before finding "hundreds of videos taken by the defendant in public places", dating between January 2019 and the day of his arrest.
Grace told police that he took the pictures for "his own sexual gratification" and he knew "what he was doing was wrong." Mr Collins told the court Grace "felt disgusted by himself" and that he "could not control himself". Grace admitted three offences of voyeurism at Manchester Magistrates Court on May 16, dating between January 23, 2019, and May 15 this year, before his case was moved to Manchester Crown Court. The court heard Grace had eight previous convictions following 14 offences.
She also handed Judge Field KC a handwritten letter from her client, which he read silently in court. The judge admitted Grace's latest offending followed 'a string of previous convictions for the same offence' and breached his ASBO.