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| Leeds voyeur spied on Chinese Olympic swimmers | Leeds voyeur spied on Chinese Olympic swimmers |
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| A voyeur has pleaded guilty to attempting to spy on the Chinese Olympic swimming team in a women's changing room. | A voyeur has pleaded guilty to attempting to spy on the Chinese Olympic swimming team in a women's changing room. |
| Declan Crosbie, from Lea Farm Place, Leeds was caught peering over cubicles as members of the team were getting changed at a Leeds sports centre. | Declan Crosbie, from Lea Farm Place, Leeds was caught peering over cubicles as members of the team were getting changed at a Leeds sports centre. |
| When staff went to find the 25-year-old, he hid in a cubicle and tried to answer them in a female-like voice. | |
| He then came out and begged staff not to call the police before running away. | He then came out and begged staff not to call the police before running away. |
| Crosbie will be sentenced on 17 September after being assessed for a sex offenders' programme, a judge said. | Crosbie will be sentenced on 17 September after being assessed for a sex offenders' programme, a judge said. |
| A woman saw Crosbie entering the changing room at Leeds University's The Edge training facility, Leeds Crown Court heard. | A woman saw Crosbie entering the changing room at Leeds University's The Edge training facility, Leeds Crown Court heard. |
| 'Olympic offence' | 'Olympic offence' |
| Members of the Chinese team, who were training at a pool ahead of the London 2012 Olympics, also made a complaint after spotting him looking over the top of cubicles while they were changing. | Members of the Chinese team, who were training at a pool ahead of the London 2012 Olympics, also made a complaint after spotting him looking over the top of cubicles while they were changing. |
| Crosbie later handed himself in to police and pleaded guilty in July to trespass with intent to commit a sexual offence. | Crosbie later handed himself in to police and pleaded guilty in July to trespass with intent to commit a sexual offence. |
| He was previously jailed for three years in 2009 after trespassing in a private home and being found standing over a sleeping student, whose trousers had been pulled down. | He was previously jailed for three years in 2009 after trespassing in a private home and being found standing over a sleeping student, whose trousers had been pulled down. |
| Crosbie also has convictions for voyeurism from 2005 and 2006. | Crosbie also has convictions for voyeurism from 2005 and 2006. |
| The Recorder of Leeds, Judge Peter Collier QC, queried if the case should be fast-tracked under Olympic rules, but was told Crosbie had not specifically targeted the Chinese team members. | The Recorder of Leeds, Judge Peter Collier QC, queried if the case should be fast-tracked under Olympic rules, but was told Crosbie had not specifically targeted the Chinese team members. |
| He said: "This offence is technically an Olympic offence because the victims were members of the Chinese swimming team who were training at facilities here in Leeds." | He said: "This offence is technically an Olympic offence because the victims were members of the Chinese swimming team who were training at facilities here in Leeds." |
| He told Crosbie he needed to be assessed in a bail hostel for 28 days before sentence could be passed. | He told Crosbie he needed to be assessed in a bail hostel for 28 days before sentence could be passed. |