A pervert who took photographs and videos of a young girl getting undressed and using a bathroom has been locked up after admitting voyeurism.

Corey Brown was caught with hundreds of images after police searched his mobile phone and camera pen hidden in a bathroom, Teesside Crown Court heard.

The 25-year-old’s sickening behaviour was eventually discovered when the girl revealed to a teacher what had been happening to her over a protracted period of time.

Jenny Haigh, prosecuting, said the offending had had a devastating impact on the young victims and she was still struggling to come to terms what had happened to her.

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She said police recovered evidence that the defendant had been taking the images over a long period of time but he initially denied taking them when he was interviewed.

In a victim impact statement, the child’s mother said her daughter had been left traumatised by the defendant’s sick behaviour.

Brown, of Midfield View, Stockton, pleaded guilty to three charges of voyeurism, one charge of making indecent images of a child in Category B, and a further charge of making 725 indecent images of a child in Category C.

Andrew Stranex, mitigating, said his client had now faced up to what he had done in his pre-sentence report.

“He has had to face up to it in a way which shows he is truly sorry for what he did,” he said.

“He simply cannot explain what on earth made him do what he did but it is his acceptance of what he did wrong that is the first, critical step to addressing his behaviour.”

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Recorder Thomas Moran jailed Brown from one-year for his sexually deviant behaviour over a two-year period.

“The victim said it has ruined two-years of her life, hopefully, it won’t ruin the rest of her life but it is clearly going to affect her going forward and is now having counselling.

“She has written down her feelings about what happened and that is an extremely troubling document – it records how she feels as a direct result of what you did to her,” he said.

“You denied any sexual interest in the victim – that is plainly lie – there is no mystery here as to why you did this, it’s perfectly obvious.

“The extents you went to record her leaves me in no doubt that you had a deviant sexual interest in this child.”

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Brown was made subject to a ten-year sexual harm prevention order, ordered to sign on the sex offenders’ register for ten years, and was issued with a restraining order for the same period of time.

Speaking after the hearing, Detective Constable Diane Lee, of CAVA (Child Abuse and Vulnerable Adult), said: “Brown completely betrayed this child’s trust and I’d like to commend the victim for her bravery in coming forward.

“I hope today’s result will reassure her that she did the right thing and I wish her and her family the very best going forward.”