'The hard part is going to be when he's out'

A victim of one of Guernsey's most prolific serial voyeurs has said the hardest part for her will come when he is released.

Lucy Domaille was one of Kirk Geoff Bishop's 14 victims. On Friday he was sentenced to eight years in prison after admitting to trespassing with intent to commit a sexual offence and voyeurism, amongst other offences.

As a victim of a sexual offence, Lucy is entitled to anonymity, but she has waived that to the BBC to tell her story.

On her fears about Bishop's eventual release Lucy said: "I actually think that is going to be so much worse."

When he is released Bishop will be under certain conditions imposed by Judge Russell Finch in Guernsey's Royal and Magistrate's Courts.

He is under a notification order which will mean he has to keep in regular contact with a supervising officer, notify authorities of his address and not travel outside of Guernsey.

He also will not be allowed to use or own a camera device without the permission of his supervising officer and must not delete his Internet browsing history without permission.

Bishop was also made subject to a 10-year sex offender notification order, a condition of which is that he must stay at an approved address between 21:00 and 07:00.

Lucy was referred to as Miss M during Friday's sentencing hearing.

Crown Advocate Fiona Russell who acted for the prosecution told the court Bishop filmed her through a gap in her curtains around October 2024.

In an interview before Bishop's sentencing Lucy described how the serial voyeur had "taken over her life" and how she had struggled to sleep and live a normal life in the aftermath.

Following the eight-year sentence she told the BBC she felt the sentence was "a bit of a joke".

Judge Russell Finch said the maximum penalty for burglary was 14 years and Bishop recieved eight years for the 17 charges he admitted to, which included burglary, voyeurism, trespass with intention to create a sexual offence and upskirting.

Guernsey's Home Affairs Committee (HA) has said it was reviewing the island's sexual offences laws to change the penalties for voyeurism.

Officials had said this would be brought forward for a debate in either March or April, but no plans have been published yet.

HA has been asked by the BBC when the proposals will be published.

According to Advocate Russell, many of Bishop's victims now feel unsafe in their own homes, with two needing therapy.

Lucy said she still feels cautious in her own home, where she was filmed.

"That high alert doesn't leave you, I don't think it will ever go," she added.

Following the sentencing, some of Bishop's other victims expressed their concerns about what would happen after his release.

Lucy said: "I actually suddenly had this realisation that this might be the easy bit.

"The hard part is going to be when he's out. He could do it again and again - the reality is quite scary."

Judge Finch said expert reports demonstrated Bishop did present a risk of reoffending.

But advocate for the defence Sam Steel said Bishop was committed to doing rehabilitation work in prison.

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