A 40-year-old man from Guernsey has been jailed for eight years after a series of “wicked and depraved” crimes – including secretly filming people having sex in their own homes.
Kirk Geoff Bishop recorded more than 130 images and videos of three women and one man from inside their homes – including while they were engaged in sexual activity, while naked, and in the shower.
Guernsey’s Royal Court heard that Bishop had hidden behind open bedroom doors to film the people, as well as peering through windows, over a period of several years up to September 2025, when he was arrested and remanded into custody.
Bishop also pleaded guilty to one associated count of burglary for stealing black underwear from a woman.
Lieutenant-Bailiff Russell Finch said Bishop’s “bizarre” crimes were “both unusual and unpleasant”, leaving a “serious and understandable” impact on his victims.
Bishop was sentenced to six years for the trespass and burglary offences – given by the Royal Court – and a further two years for the voyeurism offences – handed down by the Magistrate’s Court.
The court heard he was the first person to be convicted of the crime of Trespass with Intent to Commit a Sexual Offence, under the Sexual Offences (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law, 2020.
Chased into the street
Bishop was first arrested after a St Peter Port couple came home one evening to find him in the bedroom of their ground-floor flat, operating a sex toy belonging to the woman.
The intruder fled and was chased into the street by the man, who restrained him with the help of a member of the public after Bishop attempted to hit him with a piece of wood.
Footage recovered from Bishop’s mobile phones proved that he had filmed the couple on several occasions, capturing 60 images and videos, including from behind a door while they were intimate.
The incidents left the woman feeling “terrified” and “violated”, according to a statement read out in court.
She said she no longer felt safe at home, while the man considered giving up his night shifts because of the incident.
Another woman noticed Bishop filming her while she was drying herself on her bed after a shower and chased him out of her home in St Sampson.
Bishop was later identified as the intruder using footage from his phone, and DNA found in her home.
There was no evidence that any of the images or videos recorded by Bishop were shared with anyone or distributed online.
“Dirty and unpleasant snail-like trail”
Bishop was sentenced after pleading guilty to all the offences. His prison sentence will run from 18 September 2025, when he was first remanded in custody.
Bishop was also given an extended licence sentence of five years, which means he could go to prison again if he commits further crimes or fails to comply with other terms – including needing permission to own or use a camera or camera phone – after his release.
While he had no prior sexual convictions, Bishop has previously been convicted for a number of other offences, including death by dangerous driving.
Lieutenant-Bailiff Finch said Bishop left “a dirty and unpleasant snail-like trail” in his wake.
He recorded photos and videos of at least 12 identified people, filming them from outside their homes through bedroom and bathroom windows.
Several of the victims had met Bishop or were aware of him.
He also “upskirted” at least one woman, who has not been identified, by taking images of her underwear under her clothing without her knowledge.
Victims described being “angry”, “embarrassed”, and “constantly on edge”.
Bishop asked for five other offences to be taken into account, relating to recordings of other unidentified victims.
