London sex attacker filmed naked children with hidden cameras inside water bottles and coat hangers
A sex attacker who filmed naked women and children using hidden cameras in water bottles and coat hangers has been jailed.
Dean Gordon, from Leytonstone, appeared at Snaresbrook Crown Court having previously pleaded guilty to taking indecent photographs of children. The 41-year-old also admitted sexually assaulting a young girl and six counts of voyeurism.
He was sentenced to six years and eight months’ imprisonment. In August 2021 officers from the online child sex abuse and exploitation team searched Gordon’s home address and a number of devices were seized.
They contained a number of videos of children being covertly recorded naked. Gordon was arrested and officers searched his address for over the course of three days with the help of a specialist search team.
Several covert cameras were found, including a water bottle with a hidden camera and numerous coat hooks with hidden cameras installed as well.
More than 200 exhibits were seized and officers carried out a long trawl of every digital device.
A number of child and adult female victims, who were all known to Gordon, were found who had no idea they had been secretly recorded by him. In total, Gordon had 12,529 indecent images of children, including over 2,000 of the most serious Category A images.
This included 436 images of the numerous child victims he covertly recorded for his own sexual gratification.
Gordon befriended families with young female children and then covertly recorded the children naked or semi-naked.
In one case, he sexually abused a young girl whilst she lay asleep and recorded himself abusing her. He also covertly recorded a number of women naked as well.
Due to the amount of evidence, Gordon pleaded guilty at his first appearance at Thames Magistrates’ Court on August 15, 2022. Detective Constable James Cronin of the OCSAE team in North East BCU said: "This has been a complex investigation involving specialist officers undertaking countless hours of work to uncover his wrongdoing and locate and assist victims of his abuse. The victims, especially the children, have shown incredible bravery by coming forward and sharing their story. "Anyone who believes they have been a victim of child abuse should contact police on 101 and, as this case demonstrates, we will carry out a thorough investigation and bring perpetrators to justice."
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