When not to flash.
Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 2:42 am
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
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