The Scottish Mail on Sunday

‘A PERVERT FILMED MY DAUGHTER OVER THE TOP OF THE CUBICLE’

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A MOTHER has told how her 18-year-old daughter was filmed by a pervert in unisex changing rooms at H&M.

Nicky Dobson told our investigat­ion that the man performed a sex act while he filmed from an adjacent cubicle at the South of England store.

She said: ‘My daughter was in a changing room which was not labelled as male or female.

‘The cubicles had lockable doors but there were spaces over and under the partitions. I was standing a few feet away.

‘The man was filming over the top of the cubicle – he’d stood on a stool to hold his phone over the top.

‘I’m amazed I couldn’t see it, as I was just outside the cubicle. We were unaware at the time but were later informed by the security guard and police that he had been performing a sex act in the cubicle, while he watched the footage on his phone.’

Ms Dobson urged stores wishing to support people who feel uncomforta­ble in singlesex changing rooms to offer customers a third, safer space.

She said the current situation ‘allows predatory men access to women and girls’ safe spaces’, adding of the stores: ‘In the face of sex offences on their premises, they continue to ignore a huge number of complaints from women.’

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