A Woolwich pervert who used his camera to film underneath women's skirts has escaped jail.

Fabian D Gama, 40, of Spearman Street, pleaded guilty to five acts of causing public outrage after being caught filming underneath a woman's skirt in Boots on Lewisham High Street on July 26 last year.

Gama was stopped while he was walking out of the store by a police officer.

He told the police officer he had been taking videos of women for websites and was planning to sell them for cash due to being made redundant.

Around 175 videos were found on Gama's phone but a police search of Gama's home found no evidence of any of the videos being uploaded to the internet.

At Woolwich Crown Court on Friday (March 13), Gama was given a six month prison sentence, suspended for two years, and has been placed under supervision for 12 months.