A FORMER British Transport Police officer found guilty of voyeurism has been jailed for 12 months.
Kieran Ball was found guilty of the offence at Leamington Crown Court on April 6 and was jailed today (June 30.)
On June 10 2021, when Ball was a serving police officer, a woman went to have a shower at her home when she noticed an iPad propped up on the windowsill.
She saw the iPad, which belonged to Ball, had been set on record for nearly six minutes and had recorded a video of her undressing.
The victim took a video of this recording on her mobile phone and reported the incident.
Warwickshire police began enquiries, seizing Ball’s mobile devices and he was interviewed for voyeurism contrary to the Sexual Offences Act (2003).
The 30-year-old was suspended from BTP immediately and was dismissed by the force on May 2.
The jury found him guilty despite Ball never accepting any wrongdoing, trying to claim in court he had been using the iPad to pleasure himself.
Ball was also ordered to sign the sex offenders register for ten years and issued a restraining order preventing him from contacting the victim or going within 100 meters of her address.
Deputy Chief Constable Alistair Sutherland said: “Ball is a convicted sex offender who attempted to invade a woman’s privacy in a space she had every right to feel safe in – so it is absolutely right that he’s been punished for the abhorrent crime he committed.
“He has clearly undermined the thousands of BTP officers who day in and day out work tirelessly to protect women and girls, and rightly hold themselves to the highest standards of integrity whether they are at work, at home, or anywhere else.
“We suspended Ball immediately, but we did not take any disciplinary action at this stage due to the risk of prejudicing the criminal proceedings – achieving the right outcome for the victim was something we cared very strongly about.
“As soon as he was convicted we used the accelerated misconduct hearing process and the Chief Constable dismissed him from British Transport Police. His actions are entirely inconsistent with our values and there is clearly no place in our force for individuals who behave like him.”
