Model secretly filmed by Met Police officer ‘pulled her hair out’ over ordeal

A model pulled her hair out, leaving her with “bald spots”, after a counter-terrorism detective secretly filmed her with spy cameras.

Neil Corbel, a former Metropolitan Police officer, has been jailed for three years after admitting 19 counts of voyeurism relating to 16 models and three escorts.

The married father-of-two used cameras in tissue boxes, phone chargers and glasses to covertly film his victims, Isleworth Crown Court heard on Friday.

The 40-year-old, who the court heard was a diagnosed sex addict, claimed to be an airline pilot with an interest in photography.

He met many of his victims through an online agency called PurplePort, arranging photoshoots with them.

Sixteen women were models booked by Corbel, while three others were escorts or sex workers who consented to sexual activity but did not agree to being filmed.

Victim left with ‘bald spots’ following stress

One model, who agreed to pose for a “fashion and artistic nude shoot”, was visibly angry as she said his crimes had “affected every aspect of my life”.

“I have pulled so much of my hair out with stress I have bald spots and have had to turn down work,” she said, showing her scalp to the court.

Another model said the police officer used his “knowledge, experience and training to manipulate me”.

One victim had challenged Corbel in 2019 after finding a pair of glasses which had a charging port while she was giving him a massage.

He was eventually caught after a woman became suspicious that a digital clock in a hotel room might contain a camera.

Judge Martin Edmunds QC said: “It is clear that the revelation to your victims that you were a serving police officer has for many of them seriously undermined their trust in the police – something that those individuals, given their various lines of work, is a particularly serious matter, just as the revelation of your offending must impact on public trust.”