Locations
Beeston, Nottinghamshire, NG9
Description
A man who secretly filmed himself abusing girls and women has been jailed.
Nottinghamshire Police said Andrew Hallam's offending was uncovered after one victim discovered the filming, leading officers to find his recorded footage and over 300 indecent images of children on his phone.
The 46-year-old from Beeston, Nottinghamshire, pleaded guilty to 20 sexual offences, including assaulting a girl under 13 by touching, sexual assault of a woman, and voyeurism.
He received a 14-year extended sentence—nine years and one month in prison, plus 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 lifelong sexual harm prevention order.
'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."
He hid cameras in bathrooms and changing rooms, committing offences across Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, and Nottinghamshire since 2019.
A force statement noted the assaults occurred "without his victims even realising it had happened."
Det Con Lucy Clarke said:
"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."