Overview
- Anthony Wickham, 67, was sentenced Sunday at Maidstone Crown Court to six months in prison suspended for 18 months with a 26‑day programme, up to 30 rehabilitation sessions, a sexual harm prevention order and 10 years on the sex offender register.
- Prosecutors said he strapped a phone to his shoe with the camera facing up and moved his right foot under women’s skirts in shops, which Aldi CCTV captured at the Langley Park store in Edmett Way.
- The offending came to light on June 10, 2023, when a shopper confronted him, and a Kent Police appeal later led two former customers to identify him before his arrest in July 2023.
- Device checks found two videos of him tying the phone to his foot, 140 images of a woman using a toilet, deleted indecent photos of children and searches for upskirt content, though the court heard there was no proof he created the toilet footage or the abuse stills.
- The victim said routine shopping now triggers anxiety for her and affected her son who witnessed the incident, and the case shows how CCTV, public tips and digital forensics can expose covert voyeurism.