When police seized Darren Cox’s phone they found he also had videos of other women and a young girl, all in a state of undress.
A man has been put on the sex offenders’ register after he was caught filming a female in a supermarket changing cubicle.
When police seized Darren Cox’s phone they found he also had videos of other women and a young girl, all in a state of undress.
Cox, 49, of Lanark Road, Carstairs, appeared at Hamilton Sheriff Court this week.
He admitted filming females at Sainsbury’s in Hamilton and other unknown locations between February and April 2024.
The court heard Cox was caught when a female shopper realised a phone had been placed on top of the cubicle she was in.
The horrified woman confronted him and the police were contacted.
Officers viewed the supermarket’s CCTV which showed Cox going into a fitting room carrying two pairs of trousers and two t-shirts.
The woman he filmed was seen entering an adjacent cubicle.
Kevin Morrow, prosecuting, said 20 videos of adult women in a state of undress in fitting rooms were found on Cox’s phone.
Police also discovered that he had filmed a girl thought to be aged between 10 and 12 years old as she changed in a cubicle.
Apart from the woman who caught him, none of his victims have been identified.
Mr Morrow told the court that Cox was “tearful” and apologetic when police officers quizzed him about his behaviour.
The fiscal said: “He admitted he had been watching people and videoing them in changing areas.
“He claimed he didn’t know the girl he filmed was so young and deleted that video as soon as he realised.
“The accused said his wife had been going through a ‘horrendous’ time and he had been her carer. There had been all sorts of issues.
“He told police he had been ‘flaming stupid’ and wanted to apologise.”
Sheriff Liam Murphy said it was clear from a statement provided by the victim who caught the accused that his actions have had a “significant” impact on her.
The sheriff told Cox: “Be under no illusion, you have pleaded guilty to a serious offence.”
Sentence was deferred until next month for background reports, an electronic tagging assessment and a risk assessment.
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