Voyeur used CCTV to spy on women across the world

A VOYEUR hacked into CCTV and doorbell cams to spy on hundreds of women across the world.

Robert Reid, 39, hacked into online cameras to spy on strangers having sex and scantily clad women on beaches in the UK, the US, Russia and eastern Europe, a court heard.

He told police his “obsession” started during the pandemic as he got lonely.

Reid, of Newbury, Berks, was jailed for a year at Reading Crown Court after he admitted causing a computer to perform a function to enable unauthorised access to data.

But Judge Edward Burgess told him: “The name of the offence doesn’t reflect the underlying voyeuristic sexual interest with women, which is a theme I have identified in your previous convictions. This involves significant planning and sophistication, by hacking into cameras. There were hundreds of films and images recorded.

“Victims from all around the world were recorded in their own homes where they believed they would be enjoying the right to a private life.”

The court heard he may be kept in jail after finishing the sentence because he was also subject to an indefinite jail term imposed in 2007 for trespass with intent to commit a sexual offence.