Nothing here on the job angle except that he was a 'taxi' driver (Delta PHD, presumably), and that dropping a punter at the cinema provided the opportunity to subsequently film unrelated people in the Odeon toilets.
And not even a suggestion here of any job angle, but, you know...
(Not sure about the use of the word 'boy' in the headline here, which is why I avoided it in the thread title. Don't know about the legal definitions, but in Scotland you can get married at 16, so you'd hardly call a married male a 'boy'
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Boy was 'knocked sick' by what taxi driver did in toilets of Odeon cinemahttps://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/li ... i-31179067The 'monster' sat with his head in his hands in court after his 'secret life' of depravity was uncovered following the incidentA boy was "knocked sick" after catching a taxi driver filming him using the toilet at an Odeon cinema. Police uncovered a string of disturbing crimes committed by Daniel Albertina after he was caught in the act videoing the teenager on his mobile phone underneath the walls of a cubicle.
This included secretly recording a girl as she showered and collecting a vile stash of indecent images of children. The paedophile sat with his head in his hands in court yesterday as he was exposed as a "monster" who had led a "secret life" of depravity.
Liverpool Crown Court heard on Tuesday afternoon that a 16-year-old boy attended Odeon Switch Island last year and visited the toilets midway through the film he was watching. Having entered a cubicle, he then noticed a mobile phone appear from underneath the wall to the neighbouring cubicle.
Paul Becker, prosecuting, described how the teen then confronted Albertina, of Eastbourne Road in Aintree, inside the bathroom before informing a member of staff. Police later discovered that the 39-year-old had travelled to the cinema in his Delta taxi and was identified via enquiries with the company.
This led to a laptop and two phones being seized from him. A total of 165 indecent images of children were recovered from these devices, including several which Albertina had filmed of a teenage girl showering.
Officers also recovered a number of extreme pornographic images depicting sexual acts involving cows and mice. Under interview, he told detectives that he had "committed offences of voyeurism over six weeks on about six occasions" at the same cinema and "stated that he had an attraction to young males and females".
In a statement which was read out to the court on his behalf, the boy said: "Following the incident, I didn't leave the house for a couple of weeks on my own. I used to go the the cinema on a regular basis, but I no longer feel safe.
"I'm now concerned about using public toilets. It still knocks me sick knowing what this monster did to me. I feel like this was an invasion of privacy. I should be able to use them without something like this happening to me. This should have been a private area where I should have been able to use the toilet in privacy."
Albertina has no previous convictions. Ken Heckle, defending told the court: "He understands that he has destroyed many lives. He is, however, a man of 39 years of previous good character.
"While he sits in your lordship's court full of guilt, shame and embarrassment, he wants assistance with regards to these matters. This defendant has been brutally honest in not only accepting the case against him but saying that his sexual issues and problems have been there for some considerable length of time, effectively a secret to all concerned - a secret life separate from his family, who he was providing for in full time employment.
"He is not full of self pity. He is an intelligent person. This was previously his dark secret. It is no longer secret. It is out in the open. He can discuss it with people rather than harbouring these terrible thoughts. He wants to get help so that he does not find himself in this position."
Albertina admitted two counts of voyeurism, four charges of possession of indecent images of children, nine offences of making indecent images and four matters of possession of extreme pornographic images. Appearing in the dock wearing a turquoise jumper, he was seen with his head in his hands at times during the hearing before he was jailed for 18 months.
Sentencing, the Honorary Recorder of Liverpool Judge Andrew Menary KC said: "All of this came to light as a consequence of an incident which happened at the Odeon cinema at Switch Island. What came to light was a quite disgraceful, appalling catalogue of conduct, committed by you and arising out of your obsession, which you have had for many years, in relation to sexual gratification in relation to young children.
"This was not the first time that you had done this. It is clear from what you said to the police that you had got into the habit, having used the toilet after dropping off a customer and realised that it was possible for you to go into the toilets and use your telephone to take a picture or record what was happening in the adjacent cubicle.
"This is outrageous conduct. It is not often that this court is shocked. Sadly, we have seen it all. But these are really bad images of their type."
Albertina was also handed a five-year restraining order and a 10-year sexual harm prevention order. He will be required to sign the sex offenders' register for the next decade.
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