Man filmed up women's skirts because he was missing his girlfriend

A man who was caught using his phone to film up women’s skirts in a store said he did so because he was missing his girlfriend. Grant Todd Loweke from Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, pleaded guilty on Thursday to seven counts of secretly recording the genital and anal area of women, many of whom were unaware they were being filmed.

The 29-year-old was caught red-handed in the Kmart store at Sunshine Plaza on March 1 after police received several complaints from females. Prosecutor Sergeant Shane Raison said police located him in the cosmetics aisle and when questioned Mr Loweke “made full admissions”.



Further analysis of the phone which was seized by police revealed he had taken images on seven occasions over a three-month period between January and March. “Police noted most of the recordings showed the camera being aimed up the skirts of unknown females and depicted the genital and anal area of the females,” said Sgt Shane Raison.

“He said he made the recordings because he missed his girlfriend and he sought to go home and pleasure himself and masturbate.” Sgt Raison said it was fortunate the complainants were unaware their privacy had been violated “because the ramifications psychologically could have been far more”. Maroochydore magistrate Annette Hennessy placed Mr Loweke on 12 months probation saying this kind of offence was often a warning sign that “other things are going on”. No conviction was recorded.