When not to flash.

[mart]

Peeping Tom law nets first suspect
Just days after reaching the law books a peeping Tom ban has netted its first suspect in the toilets of a Wellington shopping centre.
A Porirua man, 25, charged under the Crimes (Intimate Covert Filming) Amendment Act, is in custody till December 27 because justices of the peace in Wellington District Court refused him bail yesterday.
The man, whose name was suppressed, was charged with trespassing at an underground shopping complex on Thursday, entering the building with intent to commit a crime, and intending to record a person in private circumstances when they were dressing and undressing.
Police say he hid in a cubicle in the women's toilets and stood on the toilet seat watching women over the top of a partition wall. A camera flash alerted a woman to his presence.
The charge of covert filming is under the law that came into force two weeks ago and carries jail terms of up to three years. It was aimed at protecting unsuspecting subjects from voyeurs using such devices as cellphone cameras in swimming pool changing rooms and the like.

Mart

[andy at handiwork]

That'll be in NZ then. I cant believe it wasn't already a crime to secretly film women in the loo.

[c.j.jaxxon]

You know that's a law here in the states as well but it's not wide spread yet. I believe in Ohio it's definitely a law.

[Cactus Jack]

Didn't Chuck Berry get caught doing something like this?

[Shaun TM]

Cameraphones in Korea must have a shutter sound, to stop this sort of thing happening.

[mart]

Was my joke about "flashing" too subtle?.....lol

Mart