A leading doctor secretly filmed more than 1,000 patients – including children as young as three – with a sophisticated network of cameras hidden in hospital toilets.

World-renowned hearing specialist Dr Lam Hoe Yeoh, 62, secretly filmed hundreds of patients, colleagues and strangers using cameras stuck in toilet cubicles, his office and even in pens and watches, between 2011 and 2014 a court heard.

A court heard that he gained ‘sexual gratification’ from the secret filming of his victims, as they used toilets at hospitals across the country, on trains and in his own home.

On many occasions he would film targets when he greeted them at hospital, before ‘splicing’ together this footage with crotch shots filmed in public lavatories to make mini-movies of his victims.

He would install the cameras so they were at the height to ‘film the genitals of the person using the toilet’, prosecuting counsel Peter Clement told the shocked court.

He has today pleaded guilty at Croydon Crown Court to seven counts of voyeurism, six counts of making an indecent photograph of a child, and one of possessing extreme pornography involving animals.

The court heard that the ‘sophisticated, organised, planned and long-running’ voyeurism was the biggest Scotland Yard had ever seen.

The voyeurism charges relate to 30 identified victims and 1,084 unidentified victims, while the charge of making indecent images of children relates to six children.

The physician, who specialises in hearing and balance disorders, was arrested at the private St Anthony’s Hospital in North Cheam after an investigation was launched by officers in April when one victim raised the alarm.

The consultant surgeon, from Barnstead, has been based at the NHS St Helier Hospital in Carshalton, Surrey, where he ran a regular clinic.

In addition to St Anthony’s, he has worked at two other private hospitals, the Cromwell in Chelsea and the Portland in Central London.

Prosecutor Mr Clement said the crimes were uncovered following ‘a single, discrete incident’ at St Anthony’s Hospital in April this year.

Mr Clement said: ‘He visited a toilet block and went to a lavatory near the desk where two ladies had been working.

‘Then he left. He had secreted a covert video recording device.

‘The device fell from the position when it was recovered by one of the two ladies.

‘The whole case relates to the filming of patients in hospital toilets with a sophisticated rig of hidden cameras.

‘Examination that day showed the device had captured and recorded one of those ladies using the lavatory.

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A leading consultant is to appear in court accused of using hidden equipment to spy on patients at a private hospital.

Hearing specialist Dr Lam Hoe Yeoh is alleged to have secretly recorded intimate images of female patients, colleagues and visitors.

The 61-year-old world-renowned expert was arrested at St Anthony’s Hospital in North Cheam, Surrey, after one potential victim raised the alarm.

Detectives were shocked to discover evidence that Yeoh may have used sophisticated equipment to amass a potentially huge collection of material.

They are now trying to identify more than 70 women and have appealed for anyone who suspects they may have been covertly filmed to come forward.

Yeoh, a father of three, is also accused of making indecent images of children and possessing extreme pornography.

Last night the hospital said the doctor has been suspended from his duties as the Scotland Yard investigation continued.

The arrest has shocked staff and patients at the historic hospital, which was recently bought by a private healthcare group.

It was previously owned by Roman Catholic nuns, the Daughters of the Cross of Liege, who founded it in 1904.

The investigation into Yeoh began in April. Police were so concerned they arrested him at his workplace and seized computer equipment.

Yeoh was originally charged with one count of voyeurism but 29 further counts were brought against him as the inquiry widened.

It is understood that some images are alleged to have been recorded in a toilet at the hospital, with others taken at unidentified locations.

Yeoh, who is also known by the first name Robin, lives with his wife Ivy, 57, at a £750,000 home in Banstead, Surrey.

His two daughters attended Cambridge University. He is a renowned expert in tinnitus, vertigo and dizziness, and has spent more than 20 years treating both children and adults.

Yeoh has been an outspoken critic of earphones and MP3 players, claiming they are damaging the hearing of an entire generation of young people.

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