An osteopathic celebrity is facing prison time after being caught spying on college students as they stripped.
Torben Hersborg, 63, recorded at least 60 videos of women over four years and was carrying a camera and telescope when he was detained by police, a court heard.
Chillingly, Hersborg was wearing black gloves when he was arrested and had covered the back seat of his car with black bin liners.
On Monday, at the Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court, Hersborg pleaded guilty to three counts of spying on women. He remained in custody until sentencing next month.
Police are interrogating electronic devices recovered from his home in Wapping, east London, amid fears that what they know of his activities already may be the “tip of the iceberg”.
Hersborg has clients such as tennis player Caroline Wozniacki, actress Anna Friel and athlete Christina Ohuruogo, and is director of the Central London Osteopathy and Sports Clinic on Old Street in the centre of LondonArray.
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”.
His social media feed includes a video of a consultation on remedies with Viscountess Emma Weymouth, a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing, as well as photographs posing with DJ Fearne Cotton, Oscar-winning actor Mark Rylance, Olympic sprinter Yohan Blake, and musicians Ronnie Wood and Beverley Knight.
Hersborg, a married father, admitted to espionage incidents on December 10, 14 and 21 this year in student residences in Islington, north London.
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“He was outdoors in the university residences, spying on students, filming and recording them,” said prosecutor Zahid Hussain.
He said Hersborg was shocked that his “distinctive” car was seen hidden in the domain on those nights and reported it to the police.
The court heard detectives are now hunting for another man who is suspected of “colluding” with Hersborg as he spied on the students.
“The defendant’s home and motor car were searched”, said the prosecutor. “Extensive digital equipment and IT storage devices were found at his home address.
“The devices have still been interrogated. “
The court heard that Hersborg, a Danish national and friend during his formative years with actor Mads Mikkelsen, is married with a 21-year-old daughter, moved to the UK in 1984 and lives in the home of relatives where he comes from. London for 31 years. Training
He and his people run the osteopathy clinic together.
Deputy District Judge Rhys Rosser denied Hersborg bail ahead of sentencing and warned he faced an “immediate custodial sentence”.
He said the incidents of voyeurism this month are believed to be “not just isolated incidents”, with evidence of illicit activity “over the last four years”.
“You had a camera with adhesive tape on the lens and a telescope,” the ruling adds.
“When he was sitting in the back of his vehicle, he was wearing black gloves and black trash on the seat.
“You had 60 videos of college academics converting and dedicated to their personal lives. “
Hersborg, of Peartree Lane in Wapping, admitted three charges of observing a user performing a user act. He is due back in court for sentencing on January 9.
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