Night prowler filmed hundreds of women in their homes

One of London’s most prolific voyeurs was caught with hundreds of videos of women he secretly filmed in a hidden folder on his phone, a court heard.

Anthony Durkan, 35, dressed in black and donned a balaclava as he prowled the streets of Islington lurking outside victims’ homes so he could film them through their windows in the dead of night.

In January 2026, a woman contacted police to say Durkan had been repeatedly turning up outside her home to film her.

The father-of-two was seen holding his mobile phone up to windows, seemingly recording inside, before walking away. The incidents were captured on the neighbour’s doorbell camera.

Weeks later officers were called to another address in Islington, after another woman reported that she had also spotted a man recording her through her window.

She confronted Durkan and he fled immediately. Again the incident was captured on a security camera.

Durkan was finally caught in the act by a plainclothes police officer on 26 March and arrested.

Edward Kalber, prosecuting, said Durkan was filming his victims in their homes ‘in various states of undress’.

Police found a hidden gallery on his mobile phone containing hundreds of images and videos of women.

This evidence enabled police to link Durkan to offences dating back to 2020 and they are working to identify further victims.

Durkan, of Corporation Street, Islington, admitted 26 charges of voyeurism at Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court.

He will be sentenced at Snaresbrook Crown Court on a date to be set.

Detective Chief Inspector Gemma Alger, whose team led the investigation, said: ‘Durkan’s offending represented a serious and sustained course of predatory behaviour, deliberately targeting women who were entirely unaware they were being filmed, without their consent and in the privacy of their own homes.

‘I want to thank the women who had the courage to come forward and report Durkan’s crimes. Their reports, supported by witnesses and swift investigative work, enabled officers to act decisively and arrest Durkan during a proactive patrol.

‘This conviction reflects the severity of these crimes and means a dangerous individual has been removed from the streets of London, preventing further harm to women.’
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