A former soldier who said he hid a camera to spy on a woman because he wanted "to recreate the excitement of his time as a surveillance officer in the army" has been told by a judge that his claim is "nonsense." Peter Cartwright left his victim feeling "physically sick" after she saw a red light in her laundry basket and discovered the camera, TeessideLive reports.
Cartwright, 44, later told his victim he was sorry and that he did it because "he fancied her". He said he had only put the camera there that day. But on Thursday, Judge Howard Crowson told the army veteran that his mitigation was "nonsense", adding: "If you wanted to carry out exciting surveillance work you don't need to do it on a naked female, do you?"
Cartwright's barrister Rod Hunt told the judge that if his client had been on legal aid he would have asked for the court to take into account a psychiatrist's report on him when sentencing him. But Mr Hunt told Teesside Crown Court: "The defendant can't afford to have a report done."
