A peeping tom who bugged women’s computers and cyberstalked his victims has walked free from court.
Pervert Andrew Meldrum, 30, of Lewisham, south London, secretly installed spying software on his victim’s computers, allowing him access to private, nude pictures taken covertly.
He admitted three counts of unauthorised access to computer material and was found guilty of two counts of voyeurism after a trial at Woolwich Crown Court.
The court heard around 11,000 photographs were taken covertly, including some of one woman naked, in her underwear and on the toilet.
On one occasion he conned his victim into believing he could help solve her computer problems.
But the goodwill gesture was a ruse for his deviant fetish and he was able to remotely access her webcam.
One of his victims wept in court and held her head in her hands as Meldrum was handed a 12-month suspended sentence and a fine.
The cyberstalker remained undetected for 15 months until the women, who cannot be named for legal reasons, discovered the programme had been installed on their compueters.
Sentencing, Recorder Mark Heywood QC described the former Goldsmiths University student as "jealous and controlling".
He said: "They did involve a degree of sophistication. This software is not readily used.
"You abused their confidence. This course of offending showed persistence and a degree of premeditation."
Meldrum was told to forfeit his computer and pay a contribution to prosecution costs of £2,100, plus a £100 victim surcharge.
