EXTRA JAIL TIME FOR MAN WHO TRIED TO FILM YOUNG GIRL IN HOLIDAY PARK SHOWER
A man tried to film an 11-year-old girl showering at the Buttyland holiday park in Manorbier, a judge heard today.When police examined his mobile telephone they discovered he had already filmed a woman using the showers.
At the time Dean Turner, aged 39, had been before the courts for sex offences that would later earn him a sentence of three years and two months.
Yesterday (December 5), Judge Paul Thomas, sitting at Swansea crown court, added a further two months in prison after Turner admitted attempted voyeurism at the park in Manorbier.
Prosecutor Brian Simpson stated the girl had been undressing in the showers when she saw a man's hand holding a mobile telephone above the cubicle.
She heard a "click" which meant a photograph had been taken, and she thumped the door to frighten him away.
She then ran from the showers wrapped in a towel and raised the alarm.
Police studied CCTV footage and saw Turner, of Tudor Estate, Caerau, walking back and forth near the shower block.
He was questioned some time later and initially denied owning a mobile telephone at the time.
However, police found photographs of a woman showering in the same unit on his phone.
Turner claimed she had agreed to him taking these photographs; as police couldn't identify her, his claim couldn't be disproved.
Nevertheless, the photographs proved he had been lying about having a mobile phone while at Buttyland.
Judge Paul Thomas described Turner as a sexual deviant and stated that it must have been deeply disturbing for the girl.
He also pointed out Turner had been on bail for similar offences at the time.
