January 22, 2007ANOTHER man has been caught allegedly taking inappropriate photographs of women at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne.
The 35-year-old Werribee man was arrested late today and interviewed by police at their Melbourne headquarters.
“It was alleged he had been taking inappropriate photographs of females at the tennis,” Victoria Police Senior Constable Bradi Owens said tonight.
“The man was brought to police attention late this afternoon by a woman who had observed him using a digital camera.”
Const Owens said the man was released from custody late tonight and was expected to be charged on summons with offensive behaviour.
It is the second case of a man being arrested on suspicion of taking inappropriate photographs at the January 15-28 tennis tournament.
Two women complained to police on Wednesday last week that a man had been trying to film up their skirts with a hand-held digital camera.
Police found the 32-year-old man and seized his camera equipment.
He also is expected to be charged on summons with offensive behaviour and using surveillance equipment.
Police are also investigating the assault of a five-year-old boy in a toilet cubical at the tournament, and crowd violence involving Croatian and Serbian spectators.
Very interesting. But i think and hope in most european countries this behavior of police is impossible due to legal position.
Many thanks for this news
yet another bust in Melbourne
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=178846
This issue is a topic of discussion in some of the N. American media (Canada and USA). There are not laws at the national level in the USA (unsure about Canada), but the states and provinces have various levels of offense and punishment for conviction of this type of activity. Generally, if you take any pictures of someone in a private area (such as home or even public water closet), you are commiting an offense. If you take pictures with “obvious” intent to highlight the private areas of persons (crotch, arse, or breasts of women) on the street, you are commiting an offense. The punishment will vary in the different states or provinces, from monetary fine to time in the jail. Do not know what the laws of Mexico are. Just a warning for anyone that this activity is getting a lot of attention particularly in the USA. That means the maximum punishment may be given to anyone caught doing this, depend what the laws of the state are.
poor guy
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=178846
A Japanese man who took secret footage of women showering at a Melbourne backpackers hotel has been jailed for at least two months.
Takuya Muto, who is studying in Sydney, on Thursday pleaded guilty to three charges after he was caught filming under a shower cubicle at Melbourne’s All Nations Backpackers Hotel on Tuesday.
On the same day Muto took a photograph up a women’s skirt at the Australian Open.
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