Torben Stig Hersborg, 64, was jailed on Tuesday after admitting eight counts of voyeurism – the Crown Prosecution Service said he ‘operated in plain sight for too long’
A celebrity osteopath branded “one of London’s most prolific voyeurs” has been jailed for three years and five months for secretly taking pictures and videos of thousands of women.
Danish national Torben Stig Hersborg, 64, of Tower Hamlets, east London, filmed and photographed around 2,000 women across more than a decade in his clinic in Old Street, north-east London, as well as on beaches, on footpaths, waiting at bus stops or for the Tube and when they were in their own homes. He was jailed at Snaresbrook Crown Court on Tuesday after admitting eight counts of voyeurism.
The victims who were spied on could not be identified from the images, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said. Alex Weichselbaum, from the CPS, said: “Hersborg operated in plain sight for too long and, having targeted thousands of women over 12 years, we believe the scale and significance of his offending makes him one of London’s most prolific voyeurs.
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“His meticulously planned acts included setting up secret cameras in his clinic and covertly filming women – both in public and when they thought they were in the privacy of their own homes. Hersborg deliberately abused the trust of his unwitting patients by filming them in intimate positions and targeted strangers for his own sexual gratification.
“Women should be free to live their lives without unwanted intrusion – particularly from sexual offenders like Hersborg who deliberately chose to film or photograph them in their most private or intimate moments.” The osteopath boasted a celebrity client list including Caroline Wozniacki and Anna Friel.
His crimes were revealed when a member of the public called police in December last year after they saw Hersborg in the back seat of his Lexus vehicle parked outside university accommodation in Islington, north London. He was wearing black gloves and sat on top of black plastic bags, and a telescope and video camera were found in the car.
After he was arrested, investigators found thousands of photos and videos on devices in his possession, including images of women undressing and two while they were having sex. Police built a picture of Hersborg’s motive, the CPS said, which showed him use secret or concealed cameras to focus on intimate areas of the body or when women were in private situations in their home over a 12-year period.
He pleaded guilty to multiple voyeurism charges in December 2024, the CPS said. After his devices were analysed by officers, Hersborg was charged ith five further counts of voyeurism.
He admitted all of these offences at a separate court hearing in January 2025. In addition to his sentence of three years and five months imprisonment, he was also made the subject of a 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO).