Pervert masseur facing jail for secretly filming naked clients using camera hidden inside a CLOCK
Judge tells Peeping Tom 'bring your toothbrush, you're going to prison' after guilty verdict
By Tom Gillespie
15 May 2017, 0:40
Updated: 15 May 2017, 2:43
A PEEPING Tom masseur is facing jail for secretly filming female clients using a camera - hidden inside a CLOCK.
Iraq War veteran Matthew Yates, 38, recorded himself giving full-body massages to the women who were either naked or partially clothed.
Matthew Yates have been found guilty of five charges of voyeurism and three sexual assaultsCredit: SWNS:South West News Service
The former RAF serviceman claimed he made the secret films to protect himself from false complaints from female customers.
But a jury found him guilty of five charges of voyeurism and three sexual assaults after a trial at Nottingham Crown Court.
Yates, of Loughborough, Leics., was bailed by Recorder Paul Mann QC until his sentencing hearing in June.
But the judge warned him he would be sent to prison when he returned to the court next month.
Recorder Mann said: "I am adjourning until Friday, June 2.
"I do so only to give you opportunity to put your affairs in order.
"Bring your toothbrush, you are going to prison, unless circumstances are put before me that are wholly exceptional.
"That is what you should be expecting when you turn up on June 2."
The court heard there was no dispute Yates secretly filmed his naked or nearly-naked clients as he gave them full body massages.
The masseur claimed he adopted the policy of using the secret camera after setting up his business under another name.
Prosecutor Gregor Purcell said he advertised on Gumtree and then Facebook using the name "Chris Parker Mobile Massage Therapist" from around 2012.
He added: "There is no issue that he put a camera between all those women's legs.
"You have to decide what he intended when he did that."
Bring your toothbrush, you're going to prison
Recorder Paul Mann
Yates claimed he felt insecure when he became a masseur and had been seeing a counsellor for anxiety and depression.
But the court heard he filmed female clients when he visited them around the Nottingham area.
Asked why he made the videos by his barrister Matthew Rowcliffe, Yates told the jury: "My insecurities at the time, my paranoia.
"The filming was for the sole purpose of my protection.
"I was concerned, due to the nature of some of the requests I had, that my actions could be misinterpreted and I wanted a factual account of what did occur."
He was found guilty of the crime at Nottingham Crown CourtCredit: Alamy
Yates,who denied all the charges, claimed he used the camera to give "a factual account" and "nothing could be said that didn't happen".
He also told the jury that he had served in the RAF and later spent eight years as a contract manager for a firm.
Yates said his annual salary had reached £37,000 but he was "overwhelmed with debt" following a marriage breakup.
Asked why he did not work as a masseur in his own name, he told the jury: "I didn't want any connection with my current employment.
"I wanted to keep it completely separate.
"I was embarrassed I had to take a second job to try to keep up with bills and payments. I was in a managerial role."