A Queensland man has been charged after allegedly inappropriately filming women and girls in a shopping centre using a camera attached to the end of his walking stick.
Jeffrey Norman Young, 56, allegedly filmed a 12-year-old girl at a shopping centre in Mount Ommaney on January 6.
The girl’s family reported the incident to police and Young was arrested after being found at the mall on January 11.
Police confiscated the man’s camera, which allegedly contained several indecent videos and photographs of women taken in public areas of the mall without their consent.
A search warrant was subsequently executed at a private residence in Jamboree Heights, where police allegedly located electronic storage devices containing similar images and videos.
Young was initially charged with three counts of observations or recordings in breach of privacy, one count of indecent treatment of a child under 16 (taking photographs) and one count of attempted observations or recordings in breach of privacy.
He appeared in Brisbane Magistrates Court on 28 February, where he was remanded in police custody.
A Queensland man has been charged after allegedly inappropriately filming women and girls in a shopping centre using a camera attached to the end of his walking stick.
Police confiscated the man’s camera, which allegedly contained a series of indecent videos and photographs of women taken in public areas of the mall without their consent.
Following forensic examination of all the seized devices, surveillance cameras and other evidence, detectives charged the man with 94 additional offences this month.
In total, the man has been charged with 106 counts of watching or recording in breach of privacy, one count of indecent treatment of a child under 16 (taking photographs), attempted recording in breach of privacy and two counts of stalking.
He remains in custody and is due to appear again in Brisbane Magistrates Court on August 23.
Enquiries remain ongoing and detectives are appealing to anyone with information or who may have witnessed suspicious activity at a shopping centre in Mount Ommaney between November 2023 and January 2024 to contact them.
