Celeb osteopath who parked outside uni halls with telescope and camera to perv on female students undressing is jailed
Torben Hersborg wore a balaclava to hide his face and lay in the back of his
Lexus
to spy on the women in King's Cross, London.
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Torben Hersborg, pictured with Mads Mikkelsen, spied on female students
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He has now been jailed for three years
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The 64-year-old, whose celeb clients included Fearne Cotton and actress
He has now been jailed for three years and five months and made the subject of a 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO).
The osteopath has pleaded guilty to three charges of observing a person doing a private act "for the purpose of obtaining sexual gratification".
Snaresbrook Crown Court heard the offences took place on December 10, 14 and 21 last year.
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Varinder Hayre, prosecuting, said: "On December 21 at about 9pm, a member of the public reported that a male in a car has been taking photographs and videos of students in university students' accommodation.
"The member of the public also said he has seen the male in the car about four years ago."
The bystander also called police on December 10 and 14 but officers did not attend, the court heard.
Hersborg was caught by police wearing black gloves and had black plastic bags lining the seats.
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When asked what he was doing, Hersborg claimed he had gone for drinks but felt like he was going to "pass out" on the way home so pulled over.
But officers discovered a battery in his pocket and a camera and telescope in his car.
Police recovered 68 images and videos that showed a woman in just a T-shirt, a different female sitting in her bedroom and another "seemingly getting dressed".
A search was carried out at Hersborg's home and a large quantity of digital devices was seized.
He gave no comment in his police interview, except to say he was "sorry for the whole situation".
Hersborg is the director of the Central London Osteopathy and Sports Clinic in Old Street.
His social media included video of a treatment session with Strictly star Viscountess
Hersborg has also worked with Italian Serie A
football
team Brescia and the Danish
Tennis
Federation.
He has been suspended from practising as an Osteopath by the General Osteopathic Council.
Alex Weichselbaum of the Crown Prosecution Service said: "Hersborg operated in plain sight for too long and, having targeted thousands of women over 12 years, we believe the scale and significance of his offending makes him one of London's most prolific voyeurs.
"His meticulously planned acts included setting up secret cameras in his clinic and covertly filming women - both in public and when they thought they were in the privacy of their own
homes
.
"Hersborg deliberately abused the trust of his unwitting patients by filming them in intimate positions and targeted strangers for his own sexual gratification.
"Women should be free to live their lives without unwanted intrusion – particularly from sexual offenders like Hersborg who deliberately chose to
film
or photograph them in their most private or intimate moments."
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Hersborg with US boxer Tim Witherspoon
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