A stalker who sneaked into a woman’s bedroom to take pictures and videos of her underwear has been jailed.
James Don had denied carrying out lengthy campaigns of harassment against two women but was found guilty.
One of the women, who cannot be named, told a jury she had been left “terrified and violated” when police showed the pictures.
Giving evidence in his own defence Don admitted following and photographing the women and twice entering one of their homes and filming inside.
But he claimed he didn’t think he had done anything wrong – and even claimed the woman had given him her key despite them only having talked once before.
After he was convicted it emerged Don has a lengthy criminal history – including an indecent assault carried out in England in 1976.
Dundee Sheriff Court was shown dozens of pictures said to have been found on cameras and memory cards found in Don’s home when it was searched last year.
One video showed the inside of the woman’s bedroom – with the cameraman filming around the room before spotting a bra hanging from the end of the bed.
A man’s voice is heard to say “smelly bra” – before a hand reaches out and picks up the bra.
The man is then seen to pull it to his face and heard to sniff it before returning it.
The court was also shown dozens of still images of the woman – apparently taken of her at work using a camera with a zoom lens.
A series of videos were also shown to the jury, showing her sweeping at the front door of the business she worked at from a distance of around “five car lengths”.
There were also a string of videos of the woman walking home from work in the north west of Dundee.
Don, 59, of Fullarton Street, Dundee, pleaded not guilty on indictment to one charge of breach of the peace and two of stalking.
The offences took place between January 2004 and March 2015 at addresses in Dundee.
Sheriff Lorna Drummond QC deferred sentence until next month for background reports and remanded him in custody.
