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In determining under the Criminal Procedure (Insanity) Act 1964 s.4A(2) whether a defendant, who was unfit to stand trial, was guilty of voyeurism the jury had to be satisfied that he had deliberately observed another person doing a private act for the purpose of his own sexual gratification.

A sentence of 14 months’ imprisonment was excessive for an offence of voyeurism and was substituted by a sentence of nine months’ imprisonment, where the appellant, the manager of a gym, had abused his position of trust by secretly recording videotape of women showering or using sun beds.