A VOYEUR who secretly filmed women and schoolgirls undressing at a remote rural holiday cottage was jailed for two-and-a-half years today.

David Sturgess, 53, formerly of Abingdon, was taken to prison still protesting his innocence.

A judge branded his actions a “gross intrusion” as he passed sentence at Swansea Crown Court.

Sturgess rigged up cameras hidden inside fake smoke detectors at his rural retreat in Llandysul, near Cardigan, in Mid-Wales.

He then filmed women in various states of undress and also in the shower and on the toilet.

Among his victims were schoolgirls aged 14 and 17 holidaying at the cottage with their families.

Sturgess was found guilty after a trial last month of 12 charges of voyeurism and three charges of making indecent images of children.