Convicted Peeping Tom, Tom Thompson, lost an eye last night whilst peeking through a peep-hole in the womens changing room at the leisure centre in Tring.
The 42 year old father of none had been spying on several women as they gently lathered their slippery, glistening wet bodies with foaming scented shower gel.
He watched as the foamy water ran in streams around the firm breasts, across the toned stomachs and down the tanned, silky smooth legs of the playful women, as they splashed each other with water and giggled..anyway.
As the women left the showers, Thompson settled back to await the next wave of showering ladies. However, Mr Thompson had neglected to read warning signs that cleaners were soon to enter the changing room area.
Startled by the noise of an industrial vacuum cleaner whirring into life, Thompson returned to his peep-hole at the exact same moment as Maureen Grubb passed by with the hose extension.
"There was this 'schloop' sound, followed by a sharp, high-pitched scream," Mrs Grubb told us.
Mr Thompsons eye was hoovered clean out of it's socket. The eyeball was retrieved from the vacuum drum by paramedics and washed under a tap. Doctors were unable to pop it back in, however.
Thompson is facing prosecution over his peeping. He has yet to decide whether to have a glass eye, or the more traditional 'pirate-patch'.
