20s Man Secretly Films Women's Legs and Skirts 7 Times on Bus and Subway Stairs

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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] A man in his 20s who secretly filmed women's legs and other body parts with his phone while riding the bus or on subway stairs was sentenced to prison with a suspended sentence.

On the 31st, according to the Busan District Court, Judge Shim Woo-seung of the Eastern Branch Criminal Division 5 sentenced Mr. A, who was tried for violating the Special Act on the Punishment of Sexual Crimes, to 6 months in prison with a 2-year probation.

He was also ordered to perform 80 hours of community service, attend 40 hours of sexual violence treatment, and was banned from employment at child and youth-related institutions and welfare facilities for the disabled for 3 years.

Mr. A was accused of filming a woman's leg at a bus stop in Nam-gu, Busan, on April 2 of last year as she was boarding a bus.

He was also charged with filming skirts and bodies of women going up stairs or boarding buses and subways seven times over a week until the 9th of that month.

The court explained the sentencing by stating, "Considering that the victims suffered considerable mental distress and have not recovered, and that the defendant has no prior criminal record for similar offenses."

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