A Dutch national nabbed in the UK for filming unsuspecting naked women while they used the toilet has shed tears in the court after learning the enormity of his stupid act.
Bastiaans cried in court after learning the enormity of his crime
A Pervert who was caught filming n*ked women using ladies' toilet at winter christmas theme park faces a possible jail sentence after being caught. The man identified as Tim Bastiaans, 26, admitted using his mobile phone camera to record women as they used a toilet at Winter Wonderland last year.
According to reports, the Dutch national was in the UK to work at the popular attraction in Hyde Park, London on November 28. It was revealed that Bastiaans placed his phone near a gap on the floor so he could film women in the adjacent cubicle "for the purposes of sexual gratification", the court heard.
The embarrassed man pleaded guilty to one charge of voyeurism and another of attempted voyeurism at Westminster Magistrates' Court.
He recorded one woman who was oblivious to the hidden camera, but a second woman spotted the phone and called police after confronting him.
Magistrates warned him the offence was so serious that he could face a custodial sentence. Bastiaans, who who was due to return home today, broke down in tears during the court hearing yesterday. Although he gave an explanation, prosecutor Zahid Hussain said his argument "defies logic".
Bastiaans had explained that he used the female toilets because the men's were "messy" and had merely put his phone down on the floor next to his shoe. He was however granted conditional bail and will be sentenced at the same court on January 27.