ROGER MARSH KEIGHLEY PERVERT CAUGHT FILMING WOMEN IN IKEA AND AT WORK
In a disturbing case that has shocked the community of Keighley and the surrounding areas, Roger William Marsh, aged 65, has been sentenced to prison after a series of invasive and predatory acts aimed at women in public and at his workplace.The revelations about Marsh’s activities emerged after he was caught in a covert operation involving a hidden camera, which ultimately led to a detailed investigation into his disturbing behavior.
Marsh’s criminal conduct was first uncovered on November 29 of the previous year at an Ikea store located in Birstall.
During a routine shopping trip, a man accompanying his wife noticed Marsh behaving strangely.
Marsh was standing in an unusual position near the woman, and when the man observed a flash from Marsh’s shoe, he bent down and discovered a small camera strapped with Velcro to Marsh’s footwear.
Recognizing the suspicious nature of the device, the man confronted Marsh, demanding to know what it was.
Marsh initially denied any wrongdoing, claiming, “It’s not what you think,” but the evidence was clear—he had been filming up the woman’s skirt without her knowledge.
Her distress upon realizing the invasion of her privacy prompted immediate police intervention.
The authorities took Marsh’s details and later executed a search of his residence, which at the time was located in Halifax.
During the search, police seized multiple computers and hard drives, revealing a disturbing collection of illicit material.
Among the items found were two screens in Marsh’s bedroom displaying footage of a woman using the toilet, further confirming his predatory behavior.
In interviews with law enforcement, Marsh admitted to filming up the skirt of the woman at Ikea.
He also confessed to engaging in similar acts with other women over the years, stating that he had been involved in such activities for a decade.
Marsh revealed that he would frequent public places, using a camera concealed either in a shopping bag or attached to his shoe, to secretly record women.
His modus operandi involved setting up the camera to record for approximately 35 to 40 minutes before staff or women left the premises, particularly targeting times when the toilets were most used.
The footage was then downloaded at his home for his personal gratification.
Further investigations uncovered that Marsh had been filming women at his workplace in Brighouse, where he had been employed for 35 years.
Over the past 18 months, he had secretly recorded some female staff members, setting up his camera during the busiest times before they left for the day.
Initially, Marsh identified four women as victims, but after further examination of seized digital evidence, he admitted to filming three additional women.
The police recovered an extensive collection of illicit material—709,376 images and videos in total—of which only a sample was reviewed.
Among these were 1,653 live files of a voyeuristic nature, including footage of a neighbor taken through her window into her home.
Most alarmingly, authorities also discovered 9,547 indecent images of children, downloaded between December 2011 and February 2012.
Marsh claimed to officers that he had not viewed these images since, citing feelings of guilt as the reason for his abstention.
The scale and nature of Marsh’s offenses prompted a serious legal response.
His defense attorney, James Gelsthorpe, who now represents Marsh at Park Lane Bottom, Cowling near Keighley, described the case as “deeply troubling,” acknowledging the severity of the crimes committed by his client.
Marsh’s actions have left a lasting impact on the victims and the community, raising urgent questions about privacy, safety, and the need for vigilant law enforcement to prevent such invasive acts from occurring in the future.
