Oliver Fay, a landlord, has been incarcerated for surreptitiously recording his female tenant in the bath and possessing thousands of indecent photographs of minors on his phone. Oliver Fay, 45, had been subletting a room in his council apartment to the woman for a minimum of three years following her discovery of the advertisement online.
Oliver Fay surreptitiously recorded her in private situations when she was asleep and in the restroom. Multiple photographs indicated that he occasionally concealed his cell phone in a little black vanity drawer and at the bath’s end.
Oliver Fay was apprehended when the National Crime Agency (NCA) obtained information connecting him to the online distribution of indecent photos of children. Upon the police’s arrival to Fay’s residence in Bethnal Green, east London, multiple electronic equipment were confiscated from his bedroom and then analysed while he remained in jail.
There was a total of 9,831 indecent images of children, including 1,200 of which were the most serious category. While reviewing his phone, officers quickly identified that he had been recording his lodger.
Oliver Fay was arrested at the address for voyeurism and indecent images offences. He pleaded guilty in January and was sentenced to two years and 10 months in prison for six counts of voyeurism between September 2019 and August last year when he appeared at Snaresbrook Crown Court on Friday.
Oliver Fay was also jailed for three counts of making indecent images of children of category A, B and C and received an indefinite Sexual Harm Prevention Order. Category A refers to images involving penetrative sexual activity, while category B are images that involve non-penetrative sexual activity.
Category C includes any other indecent image that does not fall into the other two categories. Oliver Fay will also be required to sign the Sex Offender’s Register indefinitely.
Sentencing Oliver Fay, Judge Caroline English told him: “Anyone involved in such imagery, whether in the production, distribution or simple download is quite literally plummeting into the depths of depravity. Make no mistake, anyone who downloads or views such imagery is complicit in the abuse of those children because you provide and perpetuate a market for such material. You should be thoroughly ashamed.”
Investigating officer PC Lindsey England said: “Oliver Fay used his mobile phone to take images of his lodger over a period of at least three years. This was the grossest violation of her privacy and it cannot be overstated how horrific it must have been to learn that her home had not been the safe place she thought it was.
“I would like to commend her bravery and I hope that she can now begin to find a degree of closure and move forward with her life.”
PC England added: “Oliver Fay’s sexual interests and predatory behaviour are deeply concerning, and he paid no regard to the distress and humiliation that this would cause. I want to encourage anyone who has concerns that they have been secretly recorded to please contact the Police and they will be supported.”
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