A registered sex offender was caught taking 'hundreds' of pictures of women at Manchester Pride by plain clothes police officers.
Andrew Smoggie, 51, of Thelwall Lane, Warrington, was seen acting 'suspiciously' around women during a Pride event on Peter Street.
When police checked his phone they found hundreds of pictures of women and it was suspected many were taken at Pride. Specialist officers had noticed that Smoggie was walking with his phone to his ear, but the screen was on photo mode.
Cops then saw him take a picture of a woman who was unaware and they confronted him. After being spoken to by police he was identified as a registered sex offender with an order preventing him from taking pictures of any female not known to him whilst in a public. READ MORE: Police plea to find relatives after man dies in Salford home Smoggie was charged with a breach of his Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO).