Man jailed for abusing and filming girls and women

Andrew Hallam's actions "caused immeasurable pain to his victims", police said

A man who secretly filmed himself abusing girls and women has been jailed.

Nottinghamshire Police said Andrew Hallam's offending was uncovered after one of his victims found out about the filming, which led to officers finding footage he had recorded, alongside more than 300 indecent images of children on his phone.

The 46-year-old, of Beeston in Nottinghamshire, pleaded guilty to 20 sexual offences, including assaulting a girl under 13 by touching, sexual assault of a woman, and voyeurism.

He was given a 14-year extended sentence, comprising nine years and one month in prison with four years and 11 months on extended licence at Nottingham Crown Court on Friday.

Hallam was also placed on the sex offenders register and given a sexual harm prevention order for life.

'Perverse behaviour'

Police said Hallam "went out of his way to try to record footage of women and girls in various intimate situations so that he could watch it back later".

Locations where he put up hidden cameras included bathrooms and changing rooms, with the offences taking place across Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, and Nottinghamshire since 2019.

A force statement said the assaults took place "without his victims even realising it had happened".

Det Con Lucy Clarke said he "committed a series of shameful acts that any right-minded person would have found revolting".

"This was a gross breach of trust and invasion of privacy from a man with a dangerous infatuation for underage girls," she said.

"None of his victims had any idea what Hallam had done until later, when the videos he'd taken were discovered and the truth emerged.

"His perverse behaviour caused immeasurable pain to his victims, so we're really grateful to them for working with us to get them justice."