HebrideanHecateA well-paid executive who installed cameras under a woman colleague's desk was spared jail today. Ian Anderson, 61, stuck two cameras under the desk of his 50-year-old female colleague with sticky tape. He was caught after one of them clattered onto the floor as the woman, who'd worked with Anderson for 12 years at the Laing Traditional Masonry Group in Stirling, got up to go home. Stirling Sheriff Court was told that Anderson and his victim worked in the same office, with their desks backing onto each other, separated by a partition. Ann Orr, prosecuting, said Anderson was working at home the day the cameras were discovered, and his colleague was in the office. Mrs Orr said: “As she was finishing up about 5.00pm she heard something dropping below her desk.
Solicitor Mike Short, defending, said Anderson, a married man, had quit his £65,000 a year job with the firm after the discovery. He said Anderson had suffered an injury to his knee 10 years ago, which had caused a “blockage”. He said: “Over time this injury, this blockage, affected his personal life with his wife. The good thing that's come from this, is that he is now addressing the problem that he has. I asked him to seek advice and get immediate help for the dysfunction that he was going through and he did that.” Mr Short said: “There was no recording. This is an unusual offence. They worked together for many, many years. They were friends. His life has been turned upside down.”
Sheriff Claire McLachlan sentenced Anderson to 167 hours of unpaid work, and imposed a non-harassment order banning him from approaching contacting his victim for two years. He was also placed on the sex offenders' register for two years.
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