A prolific upskirter was caught in the act on Wednesday, with police arresting the man whilst he was in the act of recording up a woman’s skirt.
Nabbed on Madrid’s Metro system, he was using a phone hidden in his backpack, and investigators soon found that he was responsible for uploading 283 videos of 555 victims, to various porn sites, where they had received millions of views.
Some of the 53-year-old man’s victims were minors, reports CNN:
In Spain upskirting is not an offense in its own right. The suspect in this case was charged with violating privacy and corruption of minors, a police spokeswoman told CNN.
The Spanish investigation began after police noticed an account on a porn website that was uploading intimate videos recorded in Madrid without the consent of the women shown.
Following video analysis, police were able to track down the suspect, catch him in the act of recording video without consent, and take him into custody. Police also seized a laptop and three hard drives containing dozens of gigabytes of footage.
“The detained man generally recorded his victims in busy areas such as the metro before following them to the street, sometimes even introducing himself to them in supermarkets or shops in order to obtain better shots of their intimate areas, which he recorded in close proximity,” read the police statement.
The man, who is a Colombian national, acted “compulsively” on “an almost daily basis,” said police.
Police added that he would sometimes chat with the victims in order to obtain better-quality images and videos.
Spanish police later uploaded their own video, showing the man being arrested, as well as footage of the ensuing investigation.
There is no sound on this video:
Así detuvimos en el metro de #Madrid a uno de los mayores depredadores de la intimidad de mujeres. Grababa vídeos por debajo de faldas y vestidos (#Upskirt) y los publicaba en portales pornográficos. Actuaba a diario y de forma compulsiva. pic.twitter.com/jHEBtnXzsH
— Policía Nacional (@policia) August 21, 2019
What a complete and utter creep.
Police have been able to identify 29 victims from the videos, some of which featured footage of women’s faces, and the man has been ordered to remain in police custody while awaiting trial.
[source:cnn]
