This is Nottingham --A DRAMA teacher who secretly filmed young girls in a bathroom using a two-way mirror has been jailed for more than three years.
Russell Singleton was sentenced yesterday after admitting sex charges that left his victims "violated and degraded".
The secondary school where he worked for 35 years, which cannot be named for legal reasons, said the behaviour of Singleton, of Heanor, left pupils, staff and governors "deeply shocked".
Singleton, 57, secretly filmed 10 teenage girls showering and going to the toilet through the mirror. He even moved the toilet roll holder at the property where the offences were committed so the girls would have to get off the seat and reach for it while he filmed them.
Nottingham Crown Court was told he also formed a relationship with a 16-year-old girl behind the back of his wife of 31 years. It was only when the girl went to the police to tell them about sexual activity he had forced upon her that the full extent of his activity became known.
Police arrested Singleton at his home in Lawn Close and seized laptops, memory sticks and other media on which they found 24 videos and more than 300 images.
The court was told that Singleton, before his guilty pleas, was "a highly respected" teacher at the school.
Sentencing him to 38 months in prison, Judge Michael Stokes QC said: "No one knew about the more secret aspect of your life. On at least one occasion, when a 14-year-old girl, was in the shower, you can be heard on the film you made breathing. The 10 complainants said they felt violated, disgusted and degraded by what is a severe breach of their trust."
Avik Mukherjee, prosecuting, said the victims were aged between 14 and 22 at the times they were filmed in the bathroom of the property.
Police found the two-way mirror when they searched the building in August 2011.
Singleton pleaded guilty to 21 offences. There were seven of sexual activity when he was in a position of trust; nine of taking indecent photographs; two of making indecent photographs; and three of voyeurism where he recorded females for his own sexual gratification.
As well as the prison sentence, Judge Stokes handed him a lifetime sexual prevention order and banned him from working with children for the rest of his life.
Mark Watson, for Singleton, said his client had "an interest in voyeurism" but never shared the films or images on the internet. Reported by This is 2 days ago.