A TEENAGER has admitted secretly recording people doing 'private acts' for his own sexual gratification at The Fifth Dimension gym in Stroud.

Ajay Dhalliwal, 18, of North Woodchester, also admitted making an indecent photograph of a child when he appeared before Cheltenham Magistrates' Court on Friday, June 23.

Dhalliwal pleaded guilty to recording another person doing a private act to obtain sexual gratification in Stroud between August 2014 and March 2015.

He also admitted committing the same offence in Bristol between September 2016 and October 2016 and in Cirencester between November 1, 2016 and November 8, 2016.

He also pleaded guilty to installing equipment at The Fifth Dimension gym at Ebley Wharf in Stroud to record people doing private acts between May 2016 and June 2016.

And between August 2014 and November 2016 he made a Category C photograph of a child in Gloucestershire.

Dhalliwal was granted unconditional bail until July 17, when he will be sentenced in Cheltenham.