AAP General News (Australia)
02-15-2005
WA: Man charged with filming up skirts in Perth shopping centre
PERTH, Feb 15 AAP - A man alleged to have secretly filmed up the skirts of women and
girls with a video camera hidden in a backpack has been arrested and charged by West Australian
police.
The man from White Gum Valley, in Perth's south-west, is to appear in court on 29 charges
of indecently recording a child between 13 and 16 years, and six charges of indecent assault.
WA police will allege he was apprehended at a shopping centre using a concealed video
camera to indecently record, without their knowledge, young girls and women who were wearing
short skirts.
Members of the public became suspicious of his behaviour and notified police, police said.
It will also be alleged the man concealed a video camera in a backpack and angled it
to film up the skirts of the victims.
A search of his home found numerous videos, CDs and DVDs of similar recordings, police said.
As well as the indecent recording and indecent assault charges, the man will face a
charge of possessing child pornography and one disorderly conduct charge relating to 500
recordings of women and girls who could not be identified.
He was bailed to appear in Perth magistrate's court tomorrow morning.
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