Denmead Junior School pervert learning assistant Jack Dunn admits planting iPhone in toilets

Learning support assistant Jack Dunn was caught out when a child discovered an iPhone in November last year at Denmead Junior School, in Bere Road.

The 24-year-old, who used the name Dunne at the school, has admitted voyeurism and making category C indecent images of children by screenshotting the videos.

Portsmouth Crown Court heard the defendant, care of Wilton Drive, Horndean, recorded seven videos in the short period the phone was in place.

Dunn had no previous conviction and has mental health problems, the court was told.

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Recorder Charles Langley, the judge, granted Dunn bail but added: ‘The fact that I've granted you bail, it should not give you any indication one way or another about the sentence which you will receive.’

The phone was found overhanging a cubicle, an earlier hearing was told.

Briefly outlining the case, prosecutor Paul Fairley said: ‘The telephone was set up, it was an iPhone, in the school toilets and seven videos were recorded over those number of days.

‘They were still on the phone when another child recovered the phone.’

Mr Fairley said that Dunn ‘must have’ viewed the videos to make the screenshots prior to the phone being found.

‘The video is recorded, it must have been then viewed by the defendant and then screenshot to look at later.’

A single charge of making indecent videos was denied and will be dropped, Mr Fairley said, as voyeurism already covers the offence.

He said: ‘It's recording a private act with a view to later viewing for sexual gratification.’

Dunn must sign the sex offenders’ register under an interim order at least until he is sentenced on January 15.

At a previous court hearing where Dunn admitted voyeurism, prosecutor Alicia Keen said Dunn acted in a ‘breach of trust’ and added: ‘It was a most distasteful offence.’

As reported last November, headteacher Elaine Viner called in police immediately after the device was found at the school where more than 300 pupils attend.

Writing to parents at the time, she said it was ‘an incredibly sensitive situation’.

Her letter said: ‘Please be assured that immediate action was taken which has contained this issue and there is no ongoing risk.’

She added: ‘In line with our safeguarding procedures, I took immediate action in notifying the appropriate authorities.

‘I can now confirm that the police are investigating the matter and that we have taken all necessary steps to ensure that all children remain safe in school.’

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