Airmen makes sex film of colleague

Nov 29 2007 By Graeme Whitfield

A DISGRACED airman at a Northumberland RAF base who made and distributed mobile phone footage of a colleague having sex with his girlfriend walked free from court yesterday.

Damien Carr, 21, of Camborne, Cornwall, had been talking to a fellow airman at RAF Boulmer near Alnwick, by an internet webcam when the colleague’s girlfriend arrived.

The airman did not turn off the webcam and had sex with his girlfriend, as Carr watched.

The defendant, who has since been dismissed from the RAF, filmed the pair and later distributed mobile phone footage to friends at the base.

Yet despite having previously been told he could face custody, Carr was spared jail by Alnwick magistrates. Compensation of £400 was ordered to be paid to the girlfriend.

Carr had pleaded guilty to a charge of making an offensive, indecent, obscene or menacing message or matter on a previous occasion and appeared for sentence.

Prosecutor Stuart Michie told the court how Carr and his colleague had been talking by webcam. The solicitor outlined how the colleague “had not appreciated” that he had left the webcam on and that it was still running when his girlfriend arrived.

The pair had intercourse and footage was sent by internet to the computer of Carr who recorded it on his machine.

The defendant transferred the footage to his mobile phone and in the period from June 13 to July 16 this year, sent it to various people.

Carr was arrested for what Mr Michie described as completely unacceptable behaviour.

The court was read a victim’s statement from the girl.

It said: “I felt shocked and panicky, disbelief as I never thought anyone did that.

“I completely stopped concentrating at work as I could not think of who had seen it.”

In his own defence, Carr said: “I deeply regret my actions now, I realise it was so stupid thinking it would not affect the young lady but it did and I can only apologise.”

Magistrates imposed a one-year community order, a year’s supervision order and told Carr to attend a Think First programme.

They also ordered him to pay costs of £43.