A teacher has denied taking pictures of a colleague on the toilet at a Redbridge school for sexual gratification.

Stephen Hazle, 43, of Basil Mews, Newhall, Harlow, pleaded not guilty to six counts of voyeurism by recording a private act and attempting to observe a person doing a private act at Snaresbrook Crown Court on December 23.

He is accused of using a mobile phone to photograph a colleague in the female staff toilets.

Hazle was bailed to appear at Snaresbrook Crown Court for trial on March 17.