Pervert jailed for secret filming of women joggers
You filmed women for a sexual purpose, often lone females walking in relatively isolated spots ... If they had known they would have been shaken to say the very least
APERVERT who secretly filmed women joggers’ bottoms has been jailed. Police arrested Jamie Fowler in June last year for an unrelated matter.
Bristol Crown Court heard no further action was taken, but a search of his mobile phone revealed a secret stash of 17 videos he made, focusing on the backsides of women walking or jogging.
Fowler, 26, of Grenville Avenue in Weston-super-Mare, pleaded guilty to breaching a Sexual Harm Prevention Order.
Judge Julian Lambert jailed him for 16 months.
He told Fowler: “You persistently breached the order by filming women for a sexual purpose, often lone females walking in relatively isolated spots.
“They were in a vulnerable position.
“Largely they were unaware of your sexual motivation.
“What you did was to create a risk of significant harm.
“If they had known they would have been shaken to say the very least.”
The judge ordered that Fowler’s phone be confiscated.
Robert Yates, prosecuting, told the court that Fowler made 17 videos in which he followed women and focused on their behinds.
In one video, shown in court, he pursued a young woman walking a dog and was heard to tell her “Your a*** is literally unreal”.
Unaware that he had been filming her, she replied “Oh my God, thanks” and went on her way.
The court heard Fowler had nine court appearances for 22 offences, including exposure, voyeurism and sexual assault.
He was made subject to an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order, intended to stop him reoffending, in October 2013.
Derek Perry, defending, said: “He is plainly a young man with a longstanding problem.”
Mr Perry said Fowler, who has qualifications in mechanics, committed sexual offences from the age of 14 but desisted when he formed a relationship.
When that relationship ended, the court heard, he turned to alcohol and was introduced to cocaine, and relapsed into behaviour he had previously engaged in.
Mr Perry told the court: “He recognises in some videos women might have realised what was going on and may have felt some distress or unease.
“He is very sorry for doing that.”
Judge Julian Lambert