A SICK paedophile filmed a baby in nappies in a changing room and filmed himself sexually abusing a nine-year-old girl.

Laurence Wheeler tried to indulge his horrific fantasies, committing five acts of voyeurism, including filming footage of a baby in a nappy and very young children under the stalls at public swimming pool changing rooms.

The 32-year-old also filmed women taking showers in a property in Hove.

Victims said they were left feeling “violated”, while the mother of the girl said she felt “physically sick” when she was told what had happened.

She said it has “destroyed” their lives.

At Hove Crown Court Wheeler admitted five counts of voyeurism, two counts of inciting a child under the age of 13 into sexual activity, and three counts of possessing indecent images of children.

Judge Anne Arnold said Wheeler, formerly of Mortimer Gardens, Polegate, was a danger to children with a risk of committing similar crimes in the future.

She jailed him for six years, but extended the sentence to make sure he is not automatically released halfway through the sentence.

Wheeler will instead serve at least two thirds of the jail spell before he can be considered for parole.

Rachel Beckett, prosecuting, told the court Wheeler could be identified on the child abuse videos by his voice, tattoos, and glimpses of his face.

Wheeler was arrested at his mother’s address in Croydon, where he told her: “I’ve done a silly thing.”

It was revealed he had joined messenger apps like Kik with other paedophiles, where it was required to upload sick child sex images as a condition to join.

But Wheeler claims he never sent the images of him abusing the nine-year-old girl to anyone.

Justin Rivett, defending, said Wheeler had pleaded guilty at the earliest opportunity, and realised what he had done was wrong.

He said his client did not get sexual gratification from the abuse, but enjoyed the “thrill of getting caught”.

Wheeler was considered to be on the autism spectrum and does not relate well with adults, it was claimed.

Judge Arnold said: “Clearly you developed links to paedophiles in the Kik app. You have an entrenched attraction to children.”

She said the six year sentence “does not fully represent the risk you present” and added an extra two years to his prison licence period.

Wheeler was put under a Sexual Harm Prevention Order for life.