Adelaide chiropractor jailed for 10 years after secretly filming patients

Snodgrass filmed hundreds of clients over five years.
Snodgrass filmed hundreds of clients over five years. Photo credit: Instagram

An Australian chiropractor was jailed for 10 years on Friday after admitting to filming hundreds of patients for his sexual gratification.

Peter Wayne Snodgrass secretly filmed his clients aged between 11 and 60 using hidden cameras in clocks and pens.

The 52-year-old pled guilty at the Supreme Court of South Australia to more than 200 charges, including indecent filming and production of child exploitation material.

The chiropractor said he recorded his female patients as they undressed "for the thrill of it" after his wife died of cancer.

Supreme Court Justice Anne Bampton sentenced Snodgrass as a repeat offender after he admitted to filming patients over a period of five years.

"You transgressed professional and moral boundaries and your unsuspecting victims have been traumatised by learning of what you have done," she said.

"Your insatiable desire for breasts was aggravated by breaches of trust and violations of privacy."

One of Snodgrass' victims told the ABC outside court that the chiropractor's sentencing had given her closure.

"I will never forgive him for what he's done to my family and me, but I don't need to live with it, it's done for me now."