A prominent osteopath caught spying on female university students while they undressed has agreed to co-operate with police to investigate whether he faces further criminal charges, a court heard.
Torben Hersborg, 63, was arrested last month near a north London university with a camera and telescope after spending at least three nights taking secret photographs and videos of young women in his apartment.
He was wearing black gloves at the time of his arrest and had placed black garbage bags in the back seat of his car.
Detectives allegedly discovered 60 videos of women undressing, filmed over a four-year period.
Hersborg, whose celebrity clients include tennis star Caroline Wozniacki, actress Anna Friel and Olympian Christina Ohuruogo, admitted in the past to being a voyeurist for three nights last December.
He was due to be sentenced on Thursday, but prosecutor Varinder Hayre asked the court for more time so police could determine whether additional charges were warranted.
“When Mr. Hersborg was arrested by the police for this, they confiscated several recording devices,” he said.
“Most of those devices have still been tested by the police.
“I understand that Mr. Hersborg has come forward and wishes to assist the police in continuing the investigation.
“Both agree to adjourn the hearing in the interest of justice, so that the police can investigate these cases further. “
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The Standard reported in late December that Hersborg, a world-renowned and world-famous osteopath, had been arrested and charged with three counts of voyeurism.
His relatives’ home in Wapping, east London, was raided following his arrest, and he told the court the initial fees were just the “tip of the iceberg”.
With his wife, Hersborg runs the Central London Osteopathy and Sports Clinic in Old Street, central London. He has worked with Italian Serie A football team Brescia and the Danish Tennis Federation, and boasts on Instagram that his practice is “trusted by Olympic champions”.
Her social media feed includes a video of a remedy consultation with Strictly Come Dancing contestant Viscountess Emma Weymouth, as well as photos posing with DJ Fearne Cotton, Oscar-winning actor Mark Rylance, Olympic sprinter Yohan Blake and musicians Ronnie Wood and Beverley Knight.
A prosecuting lawyer at the December hearing outlined how Hersborg had been arrested near to halls of residence in Islington, north London on December 21.
“He was out in the open in the dorms, spying on students, filming and recording them,” she said.
The court heard Hersborg’s arrest because his “distinctive” car was discovered hiding in the domain those nights and he reported it to police.
The court also heard that detectives are hunting for another man who is suspected of “colluding” with Hersborg as he spied on the students.
Hersborg, a Danish national and a friend during his formative years of actor Mads Mikkelsen, is married and has a 21-year-old daughter. He moved to the UK in 1984 and has lived in a family home in East London for 31 years.
A representative of his pro regulatory framework will appear in court on Thursday.
Hersborg, who has been warned he faces a substantial jail term already, was remanded back into custody until the next hearing on January 30.
He appeared in the dock wearing a prison-issue grey tracksuit, and spoke only to confirm his identity.
Hersborg, of Peartree Lane in Wapping, has admitted three charges of observing a person doing a private act.
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