A 27-year-old man who took photographs of three females whereas they slept topless has been positioned on the intercourse offenders register.
Alexander Degnan - who now resides in Rutherglen - admitted three counts of voyeurism at Selkirk Sheriff Courtroom within the Borders.
He additionally pleaded responsible to a cost of sexual assault as one of many photographs confirmed his arms touching one of many females' breasts.
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Degnan's crime solely got here to gentle when a associate observed he had a considerable amount of pictures on his telephone.
When she seemed by means of them she recognised pictures of herself and different females that she knew.
The feminine known as the police and Degnan was arrested and his cell phone seized.
Depute fiscal Joanna Waller advised the court docket: "All of the witnesses had been unaware that the pictures had been taken."
Degnan pleaded responsible to taking a photograph of a feminine's breasts whereas she was sleeping beneath a quilt at a home in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, between 2016 and 2019.
He additionally admitted sexually assaulting the feminine on December 31, 2019, by touching her.
Between January 2017 and March 2019, there have been 4 topless pictures of one other lady showing to be sleeping at a home in Channel Avenue, Galashiels, Selkirkshire.
The third voyeurism offence occurred on varied events at a home in Edinburgh and Jedburgh between January 2019 and July 2020, by which her breasts had been uncovered.
There was one other picture of the lady mendacity face down along with her trousers and underwear pulled down and her buttocks uncovered.
Degnan, previously of Jedburgh, had sentence deferred till April 19 for the manufacturing of background reviews.
He was additionally made topic of the notification necessities of the Sexual Offences Act.
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