An East Albury man has admitted to both spying on his teenage stepdaughter through a bathroom window and filming her using a hidden camera as she showered.
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The middle-aged man was to have contested the allegations at a hearing on April 14.
But instead he has now pleaded guilty in Albury Local Court to charges of peep or pry, film person in private act without consent and install device to observe or film.
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That came after Director of Public Prosecutions representative Yanina Wojcik withdrew charges of aggravated indecent assault where the victim is under authority and film a person's private parts without consent.
"The offender is seeking a psychological report," defence lawyer Mark Cronin said.
The court was told, in an outline of the case put before magistrate Richard Funston, that the peeping incident happened some time in 2018 when the man, his partner and her son were living in the East Albury home.
The woman had walked into the backyard to discover her partner peering through the bathroom window, watching her daughter - who turned 16 in March of that year - taking a shower.
On being disturbed, he stopped and walked away.
The next day she spoke to her partner, who apologised and promised he would never do it again.
Just a few months ago, on November 19, the couple were in bed, she having a coffee and her partner using his computer tablet.
He then got out of bed and went to the bathroom.
"While the offender was in the bathroom, (his partner) looked at a number of video films on the ... tablet, watching the victim in the shower naked."
Police used a warrant to search the house nine days later.
They seized the tablet and the hidden video camera.
The items were passed on to the Murray police district's child abuse unit, which uncovered the five videos that had been recorded on August 15, 2018.
Mr Funston ordered the preparation of a sentence assessment review.
The man will be sentenced on March 11.
