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Ex Live Nation executive sentenced for 'up-skirting' | |
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A former executive at an entertainment company filmed up women's skirts using a hidden camera. | A former executive at an entertainment company filmed up women's skirts using a hidden camera. |
Andrew Macrae, who was vice-president of ticketing company Live Nation, amassed almost 50,000 images of strangers for his sexual gratification. | Andrew Macrae, who was vice-president of ticketing company Live Nation, amassed almost 50,000 images of strangers for his sexual gratification. |
A search of the 43-year-old's home found a hard drive containing secretly taken images dating back to July 2013. | A search of the 43-year-old's home found a hard drive containing secretly taken images dating back to July 2013. |
The defendant told officers he was "disgusted" with himself. He was given a 20-month suspended sentence. | The defendant told officers he was "disgusted" with himself. He was given a 20-month suspended sentence. |
The images were taken on public transport, his home and at a neighbour's address, and also featured Macrae wearing some victims' underwear, Inner London Crown Court heard. | The images were taken on public transport, his home and at a neighbour's address, and also featured Macrae wearing some victims' underwear, Inner London Crown Court heard. |
Guest bedroom camera | Guest bedroom camera |
The off-duty police officer who confronted Macrae, described his actions as "despicable", after noticing a pen-shaped camera in a laptop bag Macrae had placed between a woman's legs at Clapham Junction station on 19 July. | |
The court was told Macrae, now of Ludlow in Shropshire, also installed a camera in the guest bedroom of his home in Redhill, Surrey, to film his wife's friends when they stayed over. | |
He filmed through his neighbour's window while she was undergoing a waxing treatment, and photographed himself in her underwear. | He filmed through his neighbour's window while she was undergoing a waxing treatment, and photographed himself in her underwear. |
The married father of one further revealed he had filmed a colleague during a brief meeting and taken some of her underwear from her gym bag and photographed them laid out on his desk. | |
He admitted seven counts of voyeurism for the purposes of sexual gratification and one count of outraging public decency, at a previous hearing. | He admitted seven counts of voyeurism for the purposes of sexual gratification and one count of outraging public decency, at a previous hearing. |
The former executive said he was under financial pressure and a psychiatrist diagnosed him with traits of Asperger's syndrome, an acute reaction to stress, and features of sex addiction. | The former executive said he was under financial pressure and a psychiatrist diagnosed him with traits of Asperger's syndrome, an acute reaction to stress, and features of sex addiction. |
Det Insp Driss Hayoukane, the officer who spotted Macrae's actions on the train, said: "Macrae's despicable actions constituted a gross breach of trust against his victims. | |
"As well as members of the public travelling to work, Macrae targeted victims he knew personally, over a sustained period of time, for his own sexual gratification." | |
Sentencing him to 20 months, suspended for two years, Judge Jeremy Donne QC said: "This was undoubtedly a sophisticated, organised, planned and long-running campaign of voyeurism, albeit sporadically." | Sentencing him to 20 months, suspended for two years, Judge Jeremy Donne QC said: "This was undoubtedly a sophisticated, organised, planned and long-running campaign of voyeurism, albeit sporadically." |
His contract with Live Nation was terminated following his arrest in July. | His contract with Live Nation was terminated following his arrest in July. |
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