‘Air freshener’ hidden at Broadway centre
shared by Matalan and Lidl customers.
The camera, bought originally as a fake clothes hook, had been modified to look like an air freshener.
Perverts plant the devices with pinhole cameras in changing rooms or public conveniences before collecting them to download footage to their computer. They can be bought online for less than £10.
Police have launched an investigation into the shock discovery and are appealing to anyone with information.
Security guard Adedeji Adebanwo, who found the seedy device is warning shop owners and the public to look out for similar contraptions.
He said: “This is sick. It is disgusting. Nobody using the toilet would have realised it was a camera.”
In 2014 a Kent worker was jailed after buying similar clandestine devices to spy on female colleagues going to the toilet.
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