Jailed, the peeping Tom photographer who filmed more than 100 women undressing

A MODEL has described her ordeal as one of the victims of a photographer who was jailed yesterday after he secretly recorded more than 100 young women undressing.

Francesca Rowden waived her right to anonymity to talk about David Glover’s sordid offences and to encourage other victims to come forward.

The pervert, 48 – who was labelled as an ‘absolute creep’ by another victim – admitted five counts of voyeurism against 35 women by using a concealed camera as they changed during shoots.

But the court heard 72 more victims have not been identified, preventing prosecutions in those cases.

Ms Rowden, 32, of St Ives, Cambridgeshire, said: ‘ I didn’t think I’d be involved, first of all. I was like, “He wouldn’t do that to me, that wouldn’t happen”. When I found out it was me I became very upset but I did decide to pursue it and come to court today.’

The mother, who allowed Glover to photograph her children and even booked him to record her wedding, revealed she had quit modelling after

‘He didn’t show any remorse’

her horrifying experience. Criticising the leniency of the sentence, she said: ‘To see him, I kind of wanted to be really angry but he just didn’t seem to show any remorse.

‘He was just eyes down, even when we were standing up reading our statements and crying he didn’t seem to show any emotion at all. I just think maybe he could have got a bit more.’ She added: ‘I’ve seen how this has affected a lot of the girls. Only being able to give him 20 months is a bit of a kick in the teeth.’

The defendant, who turned his hobby into his career following the breakdown of his marriage in 2011, was ‘well thought of’ as a photographer, prosecutor Thomas Brown told Peterborough Crown Court yesterday.

He ‘produced portfolios of aspirant models involved in the fashion industry’ at shoots in his home or hired studio space as he didn’t have his own studio. His depraved crimes occurred between 2013 and

2017 but he was almost caught in 2014 when he hired a studio in Cambridgeshire to photograph a model.

The woman’s partner came with her to ‘hold the bags’ and ‘noticed in the changing room an alarm clock that looked remarkably out of context’, Mr Brown explained.

Inside, the man found a camera with a memory card containing footage of his partner getting changed.

Glover escaped police involvement by claiming it was a ‘security measure’ to counter claims by the studio proprietor that he had been stealing things from the changing room.

It was only in 2019 that the woman finally contacted police after rumours began circulating about Glover and she became ‘worried about what happened’ and ‘how far these images had gone’.

Police combed through digital devices seized from his home in Tallington, Lincolnshire, before he was charged in connection with four women and 103 unidentified victims. Others were identified after they came forward following media coverage of early court hearings. Mr Brown told the court: ‘There are 70 or so other people who have been similarly captured who remain orbiting and unidentified.’

The women, he added, had suffered ‘anxiety, stress, distress, feelings of degradation, feelings of stupidity at being caught by such a thing, feeling physically ill’.

One victim said in an impact statement that she felt ‘utterly violated’, while another described Glover as ‘an absolute creep’.

A further victim broke down in tears as she said: ‘I thought about how this could affect my career now if they ever got leaked.’ Judge Matthew Lowe said Glover had indulged in ‘clearly planned offending’ as he jailed him for 20 months.

He was placed on the sex offenders’ register and made subject to a sexual harm prevention order for ten years. All the electronic devices used for the offences were confiscated.

Glover has refused to name the unidentified women in the footage. Detective Constable Pete Wise, of Cambridgeshire Constabulary, appealed for the remaining women to speak to the force. ‘You need the justice you deserve,’ he said.

‘Anxiety, stress degradation’