A hypnotherapist filmed himself sexually abusing a 19-year-old patient while she was in a trance-like state. Philip Sherwin (47) also had more than 40,000 indecent images of children on his computer. After admitting the offences, he was jailed for 18 months at Leicester Crown Court yesterday. Sentencing, Judge Simon Hammond said Sherwin had exploited a "vulnerable, fragile young woman". The judge said: "The defendant was acting in the capacity of a medical practitioner. He abused the trust of a woman who went to him for help. "He groomed her and created a situation where he could touch her and exploit her vulnerable state and filmed the abuse." Sherwin, of Balfour Street, off Woodgate, Leicester, had twice successfully hypnotised the victim to help with anxiety attacks, gaining her trust, before recruiting her as "a guinea-pig for research". He told her to take her trousers off so he could "remove the energy" from her legs and then touched her intimately. He filmed the incident and also took photos.
TUGGING at his exhausted mum's ears, a beautiful baby orangutan refuses to settle for a nap as he begins a game of peek-a-boo .
SITTING in the middle of a vast desert, an abandoned cinema is still waiting for its first movie to be screened .
PUCKERING up and enjoying some quality time, these are the most lovable monkeys on the planet .
Sprawled out on top of a log, this sleeping leopard takes a relaxing break from his daily routine .
A host of websites that are almost twenty years old are collecting a cult following thanks to their retro appeal .
A Little owl looks down the lens of a camera and gives the photographer a cheeky wink .
SITTING quietly at the edge of the lake, these two baby bears watch and learn as the adults hunt for fish .
A luxury caravan with a price tag of ONE MILLION DOLLARS is due to hit the road later this year .
This is the amazing moment two white-tailed kites take an in-flight meal - exchanging prey at 100 foot high in mid air .
PERCHED on a branch, these two frogs hold hands as they look into the camera .
THIS is the shocking moment a clumsy radio newsreader plunged into a freezing canal while texting her boyfriend instead of looking where she was going .