Peeping Tom lifeguard trapped himself after spying on naked woman in changing room'
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Last updated at 2:01 AM on 6th May 2011
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'Spying': Steven Dickson had to be rescued by firefighters after he became stuck while allegedly spying on a naked woman
A lifeguard had to be rescued by the fire brigade when he became stuck after being caught spying on a nude woman in a leisure centre, a court has heard.
Steven Dickson, 19, is accused of ogling the woman from underneath a cubicle partition before she spotted him and when he tried to flee became trapped under the divider.
The victim screamed when she saw Dickson, who allegedly panicked so much that when firefighters came to his aid they feared the tearful employee would suffer a heart attack, the Mirror reported.
The victim told Carlisle Crown Court that she had been for a swim at Cockermouth Leisure Centre in Cumbria, when the incident happened on October 7 and had been deeply 'shocked' at her discovery.
Centre manager Aimee Threapleton said that Dickson, who had worked at the complex for two years, told her he had made a dreadful mistake and had only had a look at the woman.
But the defendant, from Maryport, Cumbria, insisted to the jury that he was unaware anyone was in the changing particle.
He claims he was attempting to unlock a door that he thought someone had locked as a prank and would never have looked if he knew someone was in the cubicle.
The teenager denies voyeurism for the purpose of self-gratification.
The trial continues.
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