‘Sex obsessed’ cop ‘used a hi-tech camera on board a £4million police chopper to record seedy footage of his swinging friends having sex’ and women sunbathing
Air Observer Adrian Pogmore, 51, also took footage of nude mum in back garden with young daughters and naturists outside their caravan
A "SEX-obsessed" cop used a hi-tech camera on board a £4million police helicopter to record seedy footage of his 'swinging friends' having SEX, a court heard.
Adrian Pogmore. 51, abused his position as an Air Observer to film his pals romping on their patio for eight minutes.
He also took footage of a nude mum-of-three and her teenage daughters sunbathing in their garden - as his crew mates allegedly watched.
Sheffield Crown Court, South Yorks., heard today Pogmore had already pleaded guilty to the charges after he agreed with his swinging pals that they would have sex while the chopper was hovering over.
Serving South Yorkshire officers Matthew Lucas, 42, and Lee Walls, 47, retired South Yorkshire Police pilot Malcolm Reeves, 64, and former South Yorkshire pilot Matthew Loosemore, 45, are currently on trial for being a part of Pogmore's set ups.
Prosecutor Richard Wright, QC, told the jury: "On three separate occasions they filmed a couple having sexual intercourse in their own garden.
The court heard there was "no legitimate reason" for the cops to filming them and "no basis" for flying over people's homes, selecting them as targets and filming them.
The police helicopter, usually used for capturing fleeing criminals and helping to patrol large groups after football matches, was even flown over a naturists campsite called Candy Farm.
Pogmore decided to zoom in on a naked couple sat outside their caravan.
A jury were shown footage of a woman being spied on by the same chopper who was sunbathing fully-naked in her private garden with her three daughters, aged 18, 15 and eight, all wearing bikinis.
He added: "The camera has a powerful zoom function and the operator used that to zoom in on the naked body of the woman and in particular her genitalia."
The victim said she felt "sickened" after being told she had been spied on, the court was told.
A 53-year-old woman, who also got caught on camera by Pogmore sunbathing in her garden, said: “This is an utter invasion of my privacy.
"When I sunbathe I only believe that my husband is the one who can see me - no one else.";
Graphic content was also played to the jury when the same crew spotted a couple having sexual intercourse in their garden in South Yorkshire.
Mr Wright said the recordings were "not simply the product of one swinging and sexual obsessed air observer Adrian Pogmore but were made with the connivance of the other members of the crew".
Pogmore previously pleaded guilty to the charges and is not standing trial alongside his former colleagues.
Walls, of Sheffield, denies one count, Loosemore, of Doncaster, South Yorks., denies one count, Reeves denies one count and Lucas, of Sheffield, denies three counts of misconduct relating to watching and filming naked people without their consent and observing and recording people performing sexual acts.
The charges relate to four alleged incidents between 2007 and 2012 - one on August 23 2007, two incidents on July 28 2008, and one incident on July 22 2012.
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