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| Doctor Lam Hoe Yeoh admits secretly filming patients | Doctor Lam Hoe Yeoh admits secretly filming patients |
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| A doctor has pleaded guilty to secretly filming hundreds of patients, colleagues and hospital visitors. | A doctor has pleaded guilty to secretly filming hundreds of patients, colleagues and hospital visitors. |
| Dr Lam Hoe Yeoh, a world-renowned hearing consultant, admitted seven counts of voyeurism, six charges of making indecent images of a child, and one of possessing extreme pornography. | Dr Lam Hoe Yeoh, a world-renowned hearing consultant, admitted seven counts of voyeurism, six charges of making indecent images of a child, and one of possessing extreme pornography. |
| The 61-year-old from Banstead, Surrey, was arrested in April at the privately-run St Anthony's Hospital, North Cheam. | The 61-year-old from Banstead, Surrey, was arrested in April at the privately-run St Anthony's Hospital, North Cheam. |
| Croydon Crown Court heard he captured more than 1,000 people on film. | Croydon Crown Court heard he captured more than 1,000 people on film. |
| 'Sinister and criminal' | |
| Peter Clement, prosecuting, said: "The [voyeurism] offending was vast and beyond any previously investigated by the Met. | |
| "His intention was sinister, indecent and criminal." | |
| The voyeurism charges, which included a handful of identifiable victims, related to a period between 1 January 2011 and 15 April this year. | |
| He used pen drives and watches to film at numerous locations across the country, including the Portland Hospital in central London, medical facilities in Exeter, Sutton, south London and Thames Ditton in Surrey. | |
| Yeoh also captured clips in toilets at a clinic in Nottingham, on trains and at his own home during a social event. | |
| Mr Clement said the consultant's crimes were discovered after he left a "covert video recording device" in a toilet block at St Anthony's Hospital near a desk where two women were working. | |
| 'Inadvertently filmed himself' | |
| He added: "The device fell from the position when it was recovered by one of the two ladies. | |
| "Examination that day showed the device had captured and recorded one of those ladies using the lavatory. | |
| "But he had inadvertently filmed himself securing that device." | |
| Yeoh's wife, Ivy Muihong Sng, 57, also of Garratts Lane, Banstead, had one count of voyeurism against her dropped. |