Woman secretly filmed through curtains says ordeal took over her life

Lucy Domaille says the moment Kirk Bishop crouched outside her window and filmed her through a gap in the curtains changed the way she experiences her own home. Bishop secretly recorded her as she got out of the shower, a betrayal made starker because Domaille had known him socially for about 25 years.

Domaille, who has waived her anonymity as a victim of a sexual offence, said the ordeal has “taken over her life” and that she is “just not the same person.” She described the impact as “soul destroying” and “torturous,” saying the fear has filled every waking thought since the incident. The loss has been more than embarrassment or anger. She said she no longer feels safe where she should feel safest, adding that when she goes home it is supposed to be the place where she feels secure, and that sense of security has gone completely.

Her response also exposed a gap between the law’s language and the lived reality of voyeurism. In Guernsey, a voyeurism offence is committed when someone observes another person carrying out a private act without consent. Domaille said she was angered by advice she received from police after hearing what Bishop had done, including being told to make sure her curtains were closed properly. That response left her questioning whether she would report a crime in the future.

The case has also raised questions about how evidence is handled. Domaille said a photo of her found on Bishop’s devices was not a separate image at all, but a still taken from a video that had first been circulated among police staff in an effort to identify her. Bishop, 40, of La Route De L’Islet, admitted voyeurism-related offences in Guernsey. The offending took place between 26 August 2022 and 16 September 2025, and sentencing is due later this year.

The wider backdrop is a law under pressure from modern forms of abuse. The States of Guernsey said in 2025 that reforms were being considered because recent and historic voyeurism cases, along with the use of artificial intelligence to create indecent images, had exposed investigative difficulties under local legislation. Against that setting, the Bailiwick of Guernsey Victim Support and Witness Service, which has operated in the islands since 1998, remains one of the local structures intended to help victims after crimes that leave no physical mark but can still dismantle a person’s sense of safety.