Man had camera in his bathroom

A man who admitted making more than 1,000 indecent photographs of children and installing a hidden camera in his bathroom has been given a suspended sentence.

Sidney Almeida, 42, came to the attention of police in February 2018 when his IP address was tracked uploading six indecent images of children onto the internet from his home at the time in Orton Goldhay, Peterborough.

A warrant was carried out at the address and various devices were seized, including a hard drive and a laptop.

The devices were examined and found to contain a total of 1,053 indecent images of children.

This included 504 category C, 232 category B and 317 category A – the most severe.

Further investigations by officers revealed Almeida had also installed a hidden camera in his bathroom and taken pictures of visitors to his home as they used the facilities.

Almeida was charged with two counts of voyeurism and with three counts of making indecent photos of children.

Almeida, of Cotswolds Gardens, London, pleaded guilty to all five offences during a previous hearing and was sentenced at Peterborough Crown Court.

He was sentenced to a year in prison, suspended for two years.

He was also ordered to complete 80 hours of unpaid work and handed a 35day rehabilitation activity requirement.

Almeida was also ordered to sign the Sex Offenders’ Register for 10 years and made the subject of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order for the same length of time.