Student gets probation for filming in school girls’ toilet
SingTao · 1 SOURCESabout 1 hour ago2 MIN
Summary
An 18-year-old student was sentenced at West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts after pleading guilty to voyeurism over secretly filming a female student inside a girls’ toilet at a secondary school in Tung Chung in January. The magistrate accepted a positive probation report and imposed a 12-month probation order, warning that any breach could lead to imprisonment
Key Points
- Magistrate Chan Wai-man said the defendant was a first offender, had pleaded guilty and was young, and decided to give him one chance through probation
- The probation report was described by the defence as positive, with the probation officer saying the offence was linked to academic pressure and adolescent curiosity about sex
- The case happened at about 11am on January 22, 2026, in a girls’ toilet on the sixth floor near Room 608 of Ling Liang Church E Wun Secondary School in Tung Chung, Lantau
- A 16-year-old male student saw the defendant kneeling outside a cubicle while holding a phone with its rear camera aimed inside, then alerted a teacher
- Police were called after a teacher checked CCTV footage, and the defendant later admitted filming three clips, including footage showing the 14-year-old victim’s underwear and squatting posture
Why It Matters
The sentence leaves the defendant under court supervision for a year rather than sending him immediately to jail, but the magistrate made clear custody could follow if he breaches the order. The case also shows how schools, staff and students may become central to detecting and reporting sexual offences committed on campus