The horrified couple have called for a change in the law after cops said busted boilerman Leslie Burton cannot be charged despite CCTV showing him playing with his pipe beside their bed
A HORRIFIED couple are asking for a change in the law after a pervy plumber was caught playing with his pipe next to their bed.
Cops have told homeowners John White, 40, and his wife that busted boilerman Leslie Burton cannot be charged despite being filmed on their CCTV.
The smutty Scout leader, who was John’s best friend, was in their house to fix a downstairs boiler.
But when John popped out for 15 minutes to buy sandwiches, he got a message on his phone that someone had gone upstairs.
The alert came from the motion-sensor security system he and his wife had installed to keep an eye on their daughters — aged five and eight — at bedtime.
But this time the footage, which lasts ten minutes, shows Leslie, 40, rifling through a bedside cabinet before taking out a sex toy and dropping his trousers.
The married dad of three then scuttles into the bathroom before returning to rifle through another drawer.
Police, who arrested Leslie a week after his antics in January, have now told IT consultant John they can’t bring any charges because none exist.
John said last night: “We have been violated in our own home by someone we trusted, and he will escape scot-free.”
Burton can’t be charged with outraging public decency because it occurred inside a home and no one saw it, John has been told.
The tradesman was not trespassing either because he was invited into the property to fix the boiler.
He could have been charged with burglary for stealing a tube of lubricant from a drawer — but prosecutors say the loss does not justify the cost of a trial.
Burton will now face no further action.
John, from Sheffield, said: “It’s a disgrace. It should be a sexual offence but isn’t covered by the law. It needs to be addressed urgently.
“It has left my wife feeling very uncomfortable and struggling to sleep.
“This is someone who we’d gone on holiday with. He’d been a friend since I was young. It has left me shaken and feeling violated.”
Burton, from Rotherham, South Yorks, had been hired through Alpha Boiler. He has since quit the firm.
Last night he declined to comment. The Scouts Association said: “The safety of young people is our priority.
“As this is an ongoing investigation, we are unable to make further comment.”
