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Chiropractor Christopher Foley filmed and molested female patients at Pembury clinic
17:00, 27 May 2016
updated: 17:47, 27 May 2016
A perverted chiropractor who molested female patients and filming them in various states of undress on a hidden camera has now admitted possessing extreme pornography.
Christopher Foley entered the plea when he appeared for sentence on Friday.
The 51 film clips found on his computer were of adults engaged in sexual acts with animals.
Foley did not learn his fate as Judge Philip St John-Stevens adjourned sentence until June 30.
The judge said Foley’s victims, some of whom were in court, would also want “closure”.
The married 67-year-old, of Highfield Close, Pembury, had denied any wrongdoing.
But on the third day of his trial he admitted five offences of sexual assault and 11 of voyeurism.
A not guilty verdict was entered on a further count of sexual assault.
"None of the women consented. The touching was not treatment and the video they didn’t know about” - Prosecutor Charles Royle
Maidstone Crown Court heard he abused the trust of patients “many times” at his Pembury Chiropractic Clinic in the High Street.
“He did it by sexually assaulting them while being treated or covertly videoing as they got changed,” said prosecutor Charles Royle.
“We say it was for his own sexual gratification. None of the women consented. The touching was not treatment and the video they didn’t know about.”
Mr Royle said the offences involved 14 women over a three-year period. They came to light when one patient spotted the camera’s red flashing light and realised she had been caught undressing on camera.
Mr Royle said 17 videos were found on the camera. Clips were shown to the jury.
After the matter was reported in the press, more victims came forward.
One told how Foley put his hand on her pubic area when treating her. Another said she could feel during treatment he was aroused.
His computer contained voyeuristic videos of woman undressing and being treated.
Continuing conditional bail, Judge St John-Stevens said: “He should be under no illusions that this criminality over a protracted period will attract a significant term of imprisonment.”
