A U.S. airman has been sentenced to five years in jail by a court-martial for using hidden cameras in his off base guest house to record videos of women undressing and bathing.

Staff Sgt. Andrew P. Rogers, who was stationed in Germany, admitted in a court-martial last week that he used hidden cameras installed in a smoke detector and alarm clocks to record private areas of women while they bathed or undressed, Star and Stripes reported.

“I’ve searched my soul for answers,” Rogers said. “I became obsessed with something so unhealthy, something I knew was destructive, but I continued to do it.”

According to the report, Rogers had recorded more than half a dozen women between Nov. 2015 and Apr. 2018 who had stayed with him or house-sat while he was away.

The motion-activated and WiFi connected devices allowed Rogers to stream the videos of the women from anywhere. Some videos were also recorded onto data-cards, which Rogers reportedly viewed on his laptop or phone.

Rogers was caught, after a woman who was house-sitting Rogers’ house with her sister-in-law to feed his fish, discovered one of the hidden cameras in the smoke detector.

He was confronted by Air Force investigators on his return.

One of the Military prosecutors, Capt. Ryan Schmidt said Rogers shattered the trust of unsuspecting women, after using his deceptive friendly personality to lure them to his home.

According to the report, he allowed the women to use his bathtub and bath salts but not to use the separate shower. Rogers' victims said that they have become paranoid after the dirty secret was unraveled. They testified that the experience left them traumatized.

“Every time they sat on the toilet, every time they popped a pimple, took a shower, changed their clothes … only to find out years later, there were eyes in the darkness watching their every move,” Schmidt said.

The identity of the victims was not revealed in the report.

In addition to the prison sentence, the judge gave Rogers a demotion and dishonorable discharge.

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