A sex offender who admitted hiding a mobile phone in a specially modified shampoo bottle to record a woman while she was in the bath has avoided a jail sentence.
Morgan Rigby “installed and constructed equipment” at an address in Leven, with the intention of filming the woman.
He admitted that he emptied the shampoo bottle and concealed a mobile phone inside it before placing it in a position where it could record her.
Rigby, 37, of Main Street, Upper Largo, pleaded guilty to the charge on summary complaint during a hearing at Dundee Sheriff Court.
Solicitor Alan Davie told the court his client would benefit from some form of supervision and said he had been assessed as suitable for unpaid work.
He said: “A community-based disposal would be appropriate. He has no previous convictions.”
Sheriff Alastair Carmichael told Rigby he had read a social work background report and he intended to follow its recommendation to place him on a community payback order under supervision for 18 months.
He warned Rigby not to breach the terms of the order as it was a “direct alternative to a custodial sentence.”
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