Pervert Met Police cop, 36, spared jail after spying on woman in Primark changing room

A MET Police cop has been spared jail after spying on a woman in a Primark changing room.

Former PC Swaleh Chaudhry, 36, spied on the woman while she was changing her trousers at the store in Wandsworth, South West London, on March 30.

The woman spotted his camera in the changing room after hearing a “rustling” and saw the device pointing up at her from the cubicle next to her, a court heard.

Following Chaudhury's arrest, a raid at his home found devices with hundreds of "disgusting and extremely distressing" pornographic images and videos of children and animals.

The former cop pleaded guilty to one count of voyeurism, three counts of making indecent images of children and possession of extreme pornography involving animals.

He was handed a 10-month prison sentence at Kingston Crown Court on Friday, suspended for 18 months. 

Prosecutor Stephen Apted said Choudhury, who was off-duty at the time, had gone into the unisex changing rooms 15 minutes before the woman arrived. 

He said: "On the 30th of March of this year, the victim, who is in her mid-twenties, was shopping in Primark at Southside Shopping Centre in Wandsworth at about 4.40pm.

"She took some trousers into the changing rooms and after changing the first pair, she heard a rustling and saw a camera underneath the gap in the adjoining changing room."

The victim yelled: "Are you recording me?"

Choudhury responded: "No."

The conversation was overheard by her boyfriend, who confronted the copper.

Choudhury was escorted by staff to a room in the shop while the victim called the police.

He "continued to protest his innocence" and allowed staff members to look at photos on his phone.