By GB News (World News) | Created at 2025-03-24 09:02:50 | Updated at 2025-04-06 01:39:15
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A transgender sex offender has been jailed after taking nearly 800 voyeuristic pictures of men using public toilets.
Chleo Sunter, 37, previously known as John Leslie Graham, was caught with 790 photographs and 15 videos of men inside toilet cubicles and standing at urinals.
The images were taken secretly in various locations between January and November 2023.
Sunter took the photos in men's toilets at an Aldi supermarket in Middlesbrough, the Captain Cook Square shopping centre, and at Darlington Train Station.
Chleo Sunter, 37, previously known as John Leslie Graham, was caught with 790 photographs and 15 videos of men
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Sunter admitted to two counts of voyeurism and six breaches of a sexual harm prevention order at Teesside Crown Court
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Police also discovered that hundreds of images and videos had been deleted on the offender's phone from gay dating app Grindr
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In mitigation, John Nixon said Sunter has a history of alcohol abuse and "no longer has a phone or laptop with internet access".
Sunter's barrister asked the judge to consider a non-custodial sentence.
He argued that imprisonment would cause Sunter to lose access to accommodation and face homelessness upon release.
Judge Geoffrey Marson acknowledged Sunter's mental health difficulties and "particular circumstances" but said they had "little, or no affect on the offences".
The judge sentenced the "emotionally vulnerable" Sunter, of Avon Close, Thornaby, to 26 months in prison - and warned: "Custody will be difficult".
