Revealed: Disgraced osteopath caught spying on students has 1995 conviction for upskirting on Tube

Torben Hersborg, 63, is presently down bars and awaiting condemnation aft helium was caught conscionable earlier Christmas past twelvemonth taking covert pictures and videos of young women astatine their halls of residence successful northbound London.

The qualified osteopath, who has a drawstring of prima clients including tennis champion Caroline Wozniacki and histrion Anna Friel, was in possession of a camera and a scope erstwhile helium was arrested connected December 21, and chillingly helium had laid retired achromatic bin liners connected the backmost spot of his car erstwhile helium was arrested.

Hersborg faces a situation word for 3 counts of voyeurism, but his sentencing proceeding was delayed past period to springiness constabulary other clip to interrogate his physics devices and see if further charges should beryllium brought.

It tin present beryllium revealed that Hersborg was capable to physique his palmy nonrecreational signifier implicit the past 3 decades contempt a 1995 condemnation for indecency.

Inspired by watching pornography connected TV, Hersborg took retired camcorder hidden successful a integrative container to movie women arsenic they utilized the escalator connected the London Underground system.

News reports of his tribunal proceeding grounds that Hersborg was arrested astatine Leicester Square presumption connected July 2, 1995, and told constabulary helium ”did not spot thing wrong” with his activities.

He had reportedly toured Tube stations and Camden marketplace successful northbound London portion equipped with the camcorder, and a authoritative said of his arrest: ”He was lasting astatine the bottommost of the stairs but made nary effort to spell up them.

”He was holding a purple integrative container containing a rectangular box, and helium was paying peculiar attraction to women going up the escalator.”

Hersborg’s video camera was inactive signaling erstwhile helium was stopped by police, and helium admitted taking films of women up their skirts.

His lawyer besides told the tribunal Hersborg was past facing a nonrecreational suspension, and helium did it ”simply for illicit thrills”.

The osteopath was fixed a £500 good and ordered to surrender the camcorder and films.

Hersborg, a puerility person of histrion Mads Mikkelsen, is the manager of the Central London Osteopathy and Sports Clinic successful Old Street, cardinal London.

He has worked with Italian Serie A shot squad Brescia and the Danish Tennis Federation, and boasts connected Instagram that his signifier is “trusted by Olympic champions”.

His societal media provender includes a video of a attraction league with Strictly Come Dancing contestant Viscountess Emma Weymouth, arsenic good arsenic pictures posing with DJ Fearne Cotton, Oscar-winning histrion Mark Rylance, Olympic sprinter Yohan Blake, and musicians Ronnie Wood and Beverley Knight.

News of his apprehension was breached by The Standard conscionable earlier Christmas past year, erstwhile Hersborg had been tied to 3 incidents of voyeurism astir northbound London assemblage residences that month.

“He was extracurricular assemblage halls of residence, spying connected pistillate students, filming and signaling them”, a prosecuting lawyer said.

Hersborg was identified acknowledgment to the distinctive car helium drives that was seen lurking astir the country connected 3 abstracted nights.

Detectives past uncovered 60 videos of women changeable implicit the people of 4 years, raising suspicions the charges helium has admitted are conscionable the “tip of the iceberg”, Highbury Corner magistrates tribunal heard.

Hersborg, a Danish nationalist who is joined with a grown-up daughter, moved to the UK successful 1984, and lives successful Peartree Lane successful Wapping, eastbound London.

In January this year, his nonrecreational regulator, the General Osteopathic Council, issued a connection saying Hersborg is present facing fittingness to signifier proceedings.

A two-month interim suspension bid has been imposed, and the connection said: ”We necessitate each osteopaths to conscionable the Osteopathic Practice Standards which sets standards astir knowledge, skills and behaviours for osteopaths and requires osteopaths to practise safely. If a interest is raised that calls this into question, we tin analyse this and instrumentality enactment wherever indispensable to support patients and the public.”

The General Osteopathic Council was created successful 1997, 2 years aft Hersborg’s upskirting conviction. The regulator said the offence would person been known astir astatine the clip Hersborg applied to articulation the nonrecreational register.

”At that clip the determination was taken that helium was acceptable to articulation the Register and truthful acceptable to practise”, a spokesperson said.

”An osteopath’s historical files are not reviewed successful mean circumstances but, successful this case, we were notified of the tribunal lawsuit against Torben Hersborg by constabulary astatine the extremity of 2024 and this incidental came to our attraction astatine that time.”

The regulator added that its processes person been fortify implicit the years, and anyone joining the registry present goes done an ”enhanced check” wherever transgression cautions and convictions are assessed.

”If we were not satisfied arsenic to the applicant’s character, we would cull their exertion to go an osteopath”, the spokesperson added.

Hersborg has been remanded successful custody until sentencing which is scheduled for February 27.