Sunglasses with built-in digital camera utilized by voyeur to movie kids

A voyeur who secretly filmed children playing on a beach has been jailed – as a sickening picture shows the sunglasses with a built-in camera he used to commit his crimes.

John Gilliver, 62, was spotted behaving suspiciously on the beach at Folkestone Harbour in Kent when worried parents reported him for taking photographs.

Officers seized his belongings, which included a pair of sunglasses and a chain necklace – both of which had built-in cameras capable of taking and storing images.

In later searches of the pervert’s home, Kent Police discovered a haul of recording equipment on which they found indecent images of children.

Twisted Gilliver had also installed cameras in the home of a man and woman he knew to spy on them for his own sick gratification.

John Gilliver, 62, was charged and pleaded guilty to making indecent images of children, voyeurism and possessing an indecent image

A quick search of the pervert’s home by police revealed he owned a pair of sunglasses with a built-in camera which contained indecent photos and footage of children

Gilliver, from Charing, near Ashford, Kent, was later charged and pleaded guilty to making indecent images of children, voyeurism and possessing an indecent image.

He was jailed for a year and eight months and was also made the subject of a Sexual Harm Prevention Order. 

Detective Constable Jemma Bell said: ‘Gilliver is a deceitful criminal who abused people’s trust in order to carry out his crimes.

‘We will explore every avenue open to us to protect victims from sexual offenders. I am pleased that Gilliver is now in prison and the Sexual Harm Prevention Order imposed with this sentence will protect the public from him following his release.’