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PostPosted: Sun Nov 12, 2017 4:52 pm 
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A 'creepy' Tunbridge Wells taxi driver took hundreds of videos up girls' skirts in a shopping centre

He took 268 videos over the course of three years

A 'creepy' Tunbridge Wells taxi driver has admitted taking more than 250 videos up the skirts of young women and teenage schoolgirls in Royal Victoria Place shopping centre.

The 60-year-old grandfather pleaded guilty to committing an act of outraging public decency by taking images up the skirts of women, without their knowledge, over the course of three years.

David Holman, prosecuting, said: "He was found out by the police following a report from Topshop.

"A team leader at the Tunbridge Wells store in Royal Victoria Place gave a statement saying they had noticed the same person was coming in regularly from 3.30pm onwards."

'Creepy'

Mr Holman read out the statement from the Topshop employee, which said: "My attention was caught as he was clearly not in the shop to purchase anything.

"He was looking at young girls, mainly in school uniform, and following them around the shop.

"It was creepy and made me feel uncomfortable."

CCTV footage was obtained of Durden and he was arrested on June 10, 2016.

Three years' worth of crimes by Durden were uncovered in Topshop in summer last year

"During the arrest he was recorded having a conversation with his wife in which he said he had been taking pictures up young girls' skirts, using a 'thing' in a bag in Tunbridge Wells," Mr Holman said.

"His address was searched and devices were seized, including a black laptop bag."

Mr Holman explained how the laptop bag had a clear section on the end, in which Durden concealed an iPhone behind some magazines, the covers of which he had cut a hole through for the camera lens.

Durden took 268 videos over three years

Police discovered footage dated over a period of three years between June 13, 2013, and June 10, 2016.

They found 268 "iPhone videos of the backs of legs and up the skirts of unsuspecting females and young women in tight clothing".

And 93 of those videos are thought to be teenage schoolgirls.

Durden took 268 videos on an iPhone up the skirts of young women and schoolgirls

Which shops did he target?

The shops Durden targeted in Royal Victoria Place in Tunbridge Wells included:

Topshop
New Look
Marks & Spencer
Miss Selfridge
Claire's Accessories

There was also footage from Sainsbury's, at the train station and on platforms in the London Underground.

Eleanor Dobson, defending, said: "Mr Durden has extensive personal mitigation.

"He is a 60-year-old man of previous good character, up until he committed these offences, and led a law-abiding life.

'Remorseful and ashamed'

"He says he is remorseful and ashamed, and described himself as a man who worked hard all his life. He has tried very hard to come to terms with his behaviour and its effects on his family."

A number of his family and close friends – who also sat at the back of court today to lend their support – wrote character references for Durden, saying he was a man who could be "relied on".

"It was completely out of character," she added.

New Look was another one of the stores Durden filmed girls and women in

Durden had experienced a number of "very stressful events" since 2010, including financial difficulties and the ill health of his wife.

'Isolated'

He took a job as a taxi driver working nights from 7pm to 7am, and this resulted in him having an "isolated social life".

"Mr Durden said he would do it up to three times per month," Ms Dobson said, "He would sleep after work and then he would leave the house and go out – this was after school time.

"He says only a third of the videos were of schoolgirls. He denies age was the draw, but says it was the uniform and short skirts."

Durden also targeted Marks & Spencer in Royal Victoria Place shopping centre

She said Durden had "taken the matter seriously" and had visited his GP to arrange seeing a psychiatrist, and paid privately for psychological help.

He has also not been able to continue his work as a taxi driver.

Three female magistrates, including chairman of the bench Abigail Brennan, referred his case to crown court for sentencing.

He was given bail providing he follows the conditions of not being in possession of any device capable of recording or capturing images in public, and is supervised when visiting his granddaughter.

Durden will be sentenced at Maidstone Crown Court but a date has not yet been set.

source: http://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news ... ver-764597

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PostPosted: Mon Nov 13, 2017 11:24 am 
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Didn't this case first come up a couple of years ago?

It sounds familiar

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edders23 wrote:
Didn't this case first come up a couple of years ago?

It sounds familiar

Yes it did.

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