A English man has tried to take pictures of women in a shopping mall toilet disguised as a mannequin.
University of Birmingham student Joel Hardman was caught trying to secretly film women on his mobile phone, the Birmingham Mail reports.
The 22-year-old from Edgbaston was seen sneaking into the women's toilets "dressed like a mannequin with a mask and a wig" earlier this month.
When security guards nabbed him after he emerged from the locked cubicle, Hardman admitted to performing a sexual act and said: "I've been a bit weird."
He also told police he found the sound of women on the toilet sexually exciting and said: "It's good you've caught me — maybe now I'll stop."
Police found three images of women's feet taken beneath cubicle doors on his mobile phone, and an audio recording of a flushing toilet, the court was told.
Hardman told Birmingham Magistrates' Court he felt "sexual gratification out of everything that goes on in women's toilets".
When asked to explain his outfit, he said he wore the clothes to a fancy dress party and then tried it out at the shopping mall.
Hardman confessed he had done it before in the women’s toilets at a university campus, but moved to the shopping centre because it was busier.
The student was released on bail on the condition he stayed away from public toilets.
District Judge Lesley Mottram said Hardman could face jail time because of the "aggressive nature" of the crime and the case is adjourned until May 10.
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