Locations
Craven Drive, Churchdown, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL3
Description
A man from Churchdown has been jailed after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting a woman and secretly filming two others.
Alex Russ, aged 34 and of Craven Drive, was sentenced to six years and five months in prison when he appeared at Gloucester Crown Court last week.
He had previously pleaded guilty to three counts of sexual assault against one woman and two counts of voyeurism against two further women.
The court heard that, the day before the first incident, Russ had used his tablet device to search for sleep disorders involving sexual behaviour.
In 2015, while staying at the home of a woman, she had started to go sleep when Russ pulled her pyjama bottoms down and sexually assaulted her. She was able to stop him and challenge his behaviour.
On another two occasions Russ got into bed with her while she again tried to sleep and he sexually assaulted her.
Russ also admitted secretly filming women without their knowledge or consent. One incident saw him set up a camera phone in a washbag and leave it in a bathroom, where he was able to film a woman before and after she showered.
The other incident involved a camera hidden in an alarm clock which he set up in a room being used by a different woman.
Although he initially denied the offences, Russ pleaded guilty at the first day of trial in October 2023.
As well as being jailed, Russ has been put on the Sex Offenders Register for life and restraining orders have been put in place to protect the women.