Kenneth Bischoff, 66, was arrested in 2022 when a couple noticed him filming them through their hotel window and reported him to the police
A perverted pensioner who rigged hidden cameras to his shoelaces to capture hundreds of illicit images and videos of women has been locked up. Kenneth Bischoff, 66, also covertly recorded couples as part of a twisted obsession that saw police seize 704 photos and videos stretching back to 2016.
Ipswich Crown Court was told the disturbing material was captured by cameras fitted to Bischoff’s footwear, targeting victims who had placed their ‘trust’ in him.
Bischoff, dubbed ‘good old Ken’, was nicked in 2022 after a couple spotted him recording them through their hotel window and alerted authorities.
Officers searching his home discovered a device containing 37 secret sex videos, with Bischoff, from Colchester, Essex, subsequently pleading guilty to one count of voyeurism.
Despite receiving a suspended sentence last year, another raid uncovered additional hard drives and multiple cameras.
Judge David Wilson declared that the “scale duration, and catalogue” of his crimes warranted nothing short of immediate custody. He was sentenced to eight months behind bars this week.
George Penny, prosecuting, revealed that many of Bischoff’s targets had faith in the defendant and had been acquainted with him for substantial periods.
The court had previously been told how Bischoff preyed on women by “placing a camera on his shoes or shoelaces and placing the shoe under the dresses of those females”. One woman, who must remain anonymous due to legal constraints, attended court to deliver a victim impact statement which stated: “The discovery that he was covertly filming under my clothing has left me shocked, sickened, and violated.
“The trust I put him in has been abused to an enormous degree. On viewing the footage he has recorded, I was horrified and repulsed.”
Another victim’s statement revealed Bischoff was seen “almost as a grandfather figure” and was affectionately known as “good old Ken”.
Mr Penny added: “The images were taken on cameras mounted primarily to Bischoff’s shoes, although some were taken through the windows of hotels using other cameras and equipment seized from his property when he was arrested.”
Alongside a single charge of voyeurism, Bischoff, of Broadlands Way, Colchester, pleaded guilty to five counts of recording an image under clothing without consent.
Elliott Moulster, defending, said Bischoff was “incredibly sorry for his actions”, adding “he knows he can’t make it up to them and will never do anything like this again”.
He further noted that Bischoff, a husband, father, and grandfather, received a caution for voyeurism in the early 2000s but began filming people with their permission in 2016 as part of the swingers scene.
Judge David Wilson described Bischoff’s offences as “a gross betrayal of trust”.
He sentenced Bischoff to eight months in prison and issued an indefinite restraining order barring him from contacting his victims. Bischoff will be on the sex offenders register for a decade.
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