Islington man pleads guilty to 26 voyeurism charges

A 36-year-old man from Islington, North London, has pleaded guilty to 26 voyeurism charges after being caught filming women through the windows of their homes at night. Anthony Durkan entered his guilty pleas at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, admitting to a sustained campaign of predatory behavior that police say spanned several years.

Durkan pleaded guilty to 19 new charges on Tuesday, adding to seven previous voyeurism charges he admitted on March 26 at the same court. The court heard that the offences he confessed to all occurred last year, with the exception of one incident on January 12, 2020. Prosecutor Edward Kalber told the court that Durkan posed a real risk to women and girls in the community, having filmed them in their private residences in various states of undress without their knowledge or consent.

The Metropolitan Police investigation began after a woman reported an unknown man repeatedly attending her Islington home and filming through her windows in the early hours of January 2026. Her neighbor had witnessed a man dressed entirely in black and wearing a balaclava approach the property, holding a mobile phone up to the windows. The...