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| Judge bans Olympic swimming team voyeur from female changing rooms | Judge bans Olympic swimming team voyeur from female changing rooms |
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| A man who tried to spy on members of the Chinese Olympic swimming team at a training pool has been banned from entering any female changing rooms or toilets for five years. | A man who tried to spy on members of the Chinese Olympic swimming team at a training pool has been banned from entering any female changing rooms or toilets for five years. |
| Declan Crosbie was caught peering over the top of cubicles as members of the team were getting changed at a sports centre in Leeds. | Declan Crosbie was caught peering over the top of cubicles as members of the team were getting changed at a sports centre in Leeds. |
| Judge Peter Collier at Leeds crown court told Crosbie he thought the public would be better protected from his actions by a community order rather than sending him to prison because this would guarantee he would go on a sex offenders' treatment programme. | Judge Peter Collier at Leeds crown court told Crosbie he thought the public would be better protected from his actions by a community order rather than sending him to prison because this would guarantee he would go on a sex offenders' treatment programme. |
| A previous hearing heard how a woman reported seeing Crosbie enter the changing room and members of the Chinese team, who were training at the pool ahead of the London 2012 Olympics, also made a complaint after spotting him looking over the top of cubicles while they were changing. | A previous hearing heard how a woman reported seeing Crosbie enter the changing room and members of the Chinese team, who were training at the pool ahead of the London 2012 Olympics, also made a complaint after spotting him looking over the top of cubicles while they were changing. |
| When staff at the centre went to find the 25-year-old, he hid in a cubicle and tried to answer them in a woman's voice. | When staff at the centre went to find the 25-year-old, he hid in a cubicle and tried to answer them in a woman's 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, from Lea Farm Place, Leeds, later handed himself in to police and pleaded guilty last month to trespass with intent to commit a sexual offence. | Crosbie, from Lea Farm Place, Leeds, later handed himself in to police and pleaded guilty last month to trespass with intent to commit a sexual offence. |
| The defendant was jailed for three years in 2009 after trespassing in a private home and he was found standing over a sleeping student whose trousers had been pulled down. | The defendant was jailed for three years in 2009 after trespassing in a private home and he was found standing over a sleeping student whose trousers had been pulled down. |
| Crosbie also has convictions for voyeurism in 2005 and 2006. | Crosbie also has convictions for voyeurism in 2005 and 2006. |
| Collier said the 2009 jail sentence was passed in the hope Crosbie would be sent on a treatment course but it never happened. | Collier said the 2009 jail sentence was passed in the hope Crosbie would be sent on a treatment course but it never happened. |
| Giving Crosbie a three-year community order, Collier said this would guarantee he would attend the course. | Giving Crosbie a three-year community order, Collier said this would guarantee he would attend the course. |
| He said: "I'm satisfied it is on the public interest and long-term interest of better protection of the public that I make a community order in your case today." | He said: "I'm satisfied it is on the public interest and long-term interest of better protection of the public that I make a community order in your case today." |
| The judge barred him from entering any female changing area or toilet for five years. | The judge barred him from entering any female changing area or toilet for five years. |
| At the last hearing the judge queried if the case should be dealt with under special fast-track Olympic rules. | At the last hearing the judge queried if the case should be dealt with under special fast-track Olympic rules. |
| He said it was technically an Olympic offence but there was no suggestion the defendant knew who the women were. | He said it was technically an Olympic offence but there was no suggestion the defendant knew who the women were. |
| Crosbie sat listening to the judge in the dock dressed in a grey suit and black tie, flanked by a security officer. | Crosbie sat listening to the judge in the dock dressed in a grey suit and black tie, flanked by a security officer. |
| The court was told he was already on the sex offenders' register. | The court was told he was already on the sex offenders' register. |
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