A voyeur who recorded a woman in Watford without consent has been handed a suspended sentence after pleading guilty to the offence.

Roopesh Rawal, of Coulser Close in Hemel Hempstead, entered a guilty plea at St Albans Magistrates' Court last month (October 22), having initially denied the offences.

The 45-year-old returned to the court today (November 14) where he was sentenced to 18 weeks in prison, suspended for 24 months.

He was also given a restraining order against his victim and ordered to fulfil 30 days of rehabilitation.

Between January 30, 2022 and November 2 the following year, Rawal recorded his victim doing a private act without consent for the purpose of sexual gratification. 

Rawal had previously had his bail revoked after breaching its terms by sending eight emails to his victim.

Also in court:

In an unrelated case, a Watford man is set to appear in crown court charged with having realistic bestiality pornography and indecent images of children.

David Baruch, of Grandfield Avenue, appeared in Willesden Magistrates’ Court on Friday, November 8, and indicated a guilty plea to making indecent category C images of children.

The 67-year-old also faces two other charges of making indecent photographs/pseudo-photographs of children – for category A and category B images respectively – and one charge of possessing extreme pornographic images.

The defendant was granted bail with conditions.