Man who used hidden cameras to film young girls in the bathroom jailed

A man has been sent to prison after using hidden cameras to secretly record young girls inside a bathroom.

Gaven Clarke, 41, from Norfolk, arried out the offending over a five-year period, capturing photos and video footage of children as they showered or used the toilet.

According to Norfolk Police, his actions between 2020 and 2025 came to light after one of the girls found a mobile phone hidden behind toiletries on a bathroom shelf.

Upon checking what was stored on the device, she discovered videos of herself that she did not know had been filmed.

She alerted her parents, who immediately reported the matter to officers.

Clarke was arrested in May 2025, when police seized his phone and digital equipment, the force confirmed.

A forensic examination of the devices revealed pictures of other victims, none of whom knew they were recorded, alongside hundreds of further downloaded indecent images of children.

The 41-year-old, of Drayton, near Norwich, previously admitted two counts of voyeurism, four counts of making indecent images of children and three counts of taking indecent images of children, police said.

At Norwich Crown Court on Thursday, Clarke was sentenced to three years and eight months in prison, Norfolk Police said.

In a statement read in court, one of his victims said: “I felt disgusted by his behaviour. I was extremely shocked by what I had found. I was physically shaking.

“In the weeks after discovering the videos, I kept asking myself, why me?

“I couldn’t get my head around what had happened. Now when I walk into a public toilet I am constantly looking around to check if there are any devices.”

In a statement on Friday, Norfolk Police urged other victims of voyeurism to come forward.

Detective Sergeant Ash Parker added: “I’d like to thank the victims for their bravery and resilience throughout this investigation.

“Clarke’s offending was a deeply disturbing violation of the victims’ privacy and dignity.

“He deliberately invaded spaces where young girls had every right to feel safe, subjecting them to an experience that has had a lasting and significant impact on them.”

Clarke was also put on the sex offenders’ register for life and made the subject of an indefinite restraining order and a 10-year sexual harm prevention order.