'Spying' doctor gets jailed for 18 months

He secretly filmed friends in Dumfries and Glasgow

- CONNOR GORDON

A former Dumfries doctor who secretly spied on 30 different people due to apparent concerns about his small manhood was jailed yesterday for 18 months.

Ju Young Um, 34, hid tiny cameras in air fresheners and a smoke alarm in the bathroom and spare bedroom of his flat in Hyndland in Glasgow's West End. Um also discreetly filmed a friend and doctor at staff accommodation in Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary.

The anaesthetist-who also worked in Glasgow - denied doing anything illegal.

He instead claiming he has body dysmorphia - a condition where sufferers obsess over apparent flaws in their appearance. Um said this was only diagnosed after he was arrested.

He insisted he was born with a small manhood and used the footage to compare with other men.

However, a jury at Glasgow Sheriff Court decided that Um's sick acts were done for his sexual gratification.

Um was found guilty to a total of 23 charges against the Sexual Offences Act between November 2020 and August 2023.

Of his 30 victims, 21 were men and nine were women. Three of the men and one woman were doctors.

Sheriff Owen Mullan told Um: "Given the seriousness of this matter, it is rightfully acknowledged that the custodial threshold has been passed.

"You were convicted unanimously and the jury did not accept your position at trial.