Timothy Deramore Denver pleads guilty to sexually touching 17yo girl at Warringah Mall

A man filmed the lower half of numerous teenage girls as they lined up for Maccas at The Mall, prompting the girls to hide. See what happened in court.

Timothy Deramore Denver, 37, outside Manly Local Court where he faces charges he sexually touched a teenage girl and filmed and stalked her and two other girls at a northern beaches shopping mall. Picture: Jim O'Rourke

A man filmed the “lower half” of numerous underage girls as they queued for McDonald’s at a popular Sydney shopping mall, a court has heard.

Timothy Deramore Denver, 37, also pinched one of the girl’s skirts “in the buttock area” and chased three teens — aged 16 and 17 — while filming them at Warringah Mall in Brookvale.

The teens had to hide behind advertising posters to get away from the Frenchs Forest man.

Deramore Denver told Northern Beaches Police that he “wanted a girlfriend” and “wanted to have sex”, Manly Local Court has heard.

On Thursday, he pleaded guilty to one count each of sexually touching another person without consent and common assault as well as three counts of stalk/intimidate.

The court has previously heard that Deramore Denver suffered from schizophrenia and was on psychiatric medication.

Timothy Deramore Denver, 37, outside Manly Local Court after he was granted bail on December 7, 2022. Picture: Jim O'Rourke

His solicitor Ian Byrne told the court there was no suggestion that Deramore Denver filmed up the girls’ dresses or skirts and that his client had grabbed at the dress of a 17-year-old girl, and not her bottom.

“No doubt this would have given them a fright,” Mr Byrne said.

“There is no suggestion of upskirting or anything indecent about the photos themselves”.

In a facts sheet tendered to court police stated that at 12.20pm on December 6 last year, Deramore Denver was seen filming the “lower half of numerous under-age females in the food court”.

Three teenage girls were filmed and chased at Westfield Warringah Mall at Brookvale. Picture: Annika Enderborg

He approached a trio of girls, from behind, and began filming on his mobile phone from about 50cms away while they were standing in line at McDonald’s.

Police said Deramore Denver then pinched one victim’s skirts “in the buttock area”.

“As the accused was filming the victims, they began to feel uncomfortable and have walked purposefully to get away from him,” the facts stated.

The teen trio walked to the opposite end of the food court, but he followed.

Police stated that the girls were so frightened that they hid behind a poster while he “continued to wait for the victims on the other side of the poster”.

The girls walked away and he began to follow at a “faster pace, making the victims feel even more scared and threatened”.

A member of the public alerted Westfield security officers who stopped Deramore Denver.

Police found five videos on his phone of “what appeared to be under-age females being filmed in the food court”, Manly Court was told.

One of the videos showed Deramore Denver’s hand touching a victim’s skirt.

Magistrate Robyn Denes adjourned the matter for sentence to February 23 and continued his bail.