Man jailed for urinating at PC Keith Palmer memorial during protest – BBC News
‘A man has been jailed for urinating at the Westminster memorial dedicated to PC Keith Palmer.’
BBC News, 15th June 2020
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: outraging public decency
Student faces no action over rude Donald Trump protest – BBC News
‘A student who mowed a rude message under the flight path of US President Donald Trump’s plane will not face any action.’
BBC News, June 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Sex offender banned from wearing shorts on a train after series of incidents – Daily Telegraph
‘A sex offender has been banned from wearing shorts on trains after series of incidents against women.’
Daily Telegraph, 22nd May 2019
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Upskirting’ now a specific crime as bill receives Royal Assent – Ministry of Justice
‘‘Upskirting’ perpetrators face two years in prison and being placed on the sex offenders register, as a new law making the act a specific criminal offence is expected to receive Royal Assent today.’
Ministry of Justice, 12th February 2019
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
Victoria Tube station ‘upskirter’ Hiroshi Yuasa fined – BBC News
‘A man who took a photograph up the skirt of a woman at a London Tube station has been fined £2,000.’
BBC News, 1st February 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Upskirting to be crime after Lords back bill – BBC News
‘A woman who launched a campaign against upskirting after being targeted at a festival 18 months ago has said “we did it!” after legislation was passed to make it a crime in England and Wales.’
BBC News, 15th January 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Cross-party group of MPs seek to close loophole in upskirting bill – The Guardian
‘A cross-party group of MPs will seek to close a loophole in the government’s upskirting bill that could have allowed people who took images for financial gain or simply for fun to escape justice. The Conservative MP Maria Miller has held discussions with Labour’s Jess Phillips and the Liberal Democrat MP Wera Hobhouse about an amendment that would ensure there was a blanket ban on taking the voyeuristic images whatever the motivation.’
The Guardian, 29th June 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
The law must change on upskirting. One Tory MP won’t stop us – The Guardian
‘Upskirting is a depraved violation of privacy. It is outrageous that a single Tory MP has been able to derail a much needed and universally supported change in the law. But that is exactly what has happened.’
The Guardian, 15th June 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
Government acts to make ‘upskirting’ a specific offence – Ministry of Justice
‘‘Upskirting’ is set to become a specific criminal offence, with perpetrators facing up to two years behind bars, under a new law backed by Government.’
Ministry of Justice, 15th June 2018
Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
Man seen urinating by Bristol Cenotaph ordered to apologise to war veterans – BBC News
‘A man has been cautioned and ordered to apologise to war veterans after he was seen urinating near a war memorial on Remembrance Sunday.’
BBC News, 12th Novembe 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Couple who had sex at Domino’s Pizza banned from spending the night together – Daily Telegraph
‘A couple who had sex at a pizza takeaway as staff worked on the other side of the counter will not be allowed to spend the night together for nearly six months.’
Daily Telegraph, 17th October 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Domino’s pizza shop sex: Bridlington couple guilty – BBC News
‘A couple had sex against the counter of a pizza delivery shop as staff worked in its kitchen, a court has heard.’
BBC News, 21st September 2017
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Upskirting’ could be made a criminal offence, ministers reveal after 63,000 people sign petition – Daily Telegraph
‘Ministers have said that “upskirting” could be made a criminal offence after more than 60,000 people signed a petition.’
Daily Telegraph, 5th September 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Woman fights to change the law after being told man who put camera up her skirt did nothing wrong – Daily Telegraph
‘When a man took a picture up Gina Martin’s skirt when she was enjoying herself at a festival, she was sure he could be punished. However, after being told he did nothing illegal, she has taken things into her own hands and started a campaign which has reverberated across the country – to make ‘upskirting’ a specific offence under the law.’
Daily Telegraph, 9th August 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
BBC radio husband and wife presenters jailed for assaulting under-age boys – Daily Telegraph
‘Two former BBC radio presenters have been handed five-year jail sentences for indecently assaulting under-age boys and outraging public decency by having sex in woodland.’
Daily Telegraph, 9th June 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Woman who urinated on Grays war memorial jailed – BBC News
‘A woman who twice urinated against a war memorial has been jailed for outraging public decency.’
BBC News, 20th September 2016
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Woman convicted after urinating on Essex war memorial twice – The Guardian
‘A woman who urinated twice on a war memorial, including on the eve of the Battle of the Somme centenary, has been convicted of outraging public decency.’
The Guardian, 16th August 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Up-skirt lewd photographer sentenced to community order – BBC News
‘A PhD student who took lewd pictures up women’s skirts at a wedding has been spared jail so he can learn how to control his “urges”.’
BBC News, 6th November 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Slide fetish man banned from children’s playgrounds – Daily Telegraph
‘Christopher Johnson, 46, admits simulating a sexual act with a slide in Coventry and is handed a three-year community order.’
Daily Telegraph, 21st September 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
