Student discovered her stepdad had been filming her after finding camera hidden in teddies

A student whose stepfather placed a hidden camera among her teddies just after she turned 18, filming her naked, has called for tougher sentences on voyeurism after he was given a “slap on the wrist” of 22 months in prison.

Catherine Simpson, 21, from Northampton, said no-one believed her growing up when she raised concerns about sexually suggestive behaviour from her 48-year-old stepfather, Paul Sellwood.

While her mother initially told her Sellwood “didn’t mean anything” by lewd comments, she has since apologised to Catherine, who has waived her automatic right to anonymity as a victim of a sexual offence to call for stronger sentencing.

In September 2021 – just weeks before her 19th birthday – Catherine’s brother called her, explaining he had found a picture of her in her work uniform on