An 18-year-old boy was sentenced to 18 months of probation on 8 February for uploading screenshots of his teacher onto Tumblr, social media site.
He pleaded guilty to one charge of transmitting obscene images, with another 2 more similar charges considered during his sentencing.
He had apparently chanced upon upskirt videos of her and shared screenshots of the videos online, captioning it: “upskirt pictures, can all of you guys reblog, like and share this… enjoy the pictures”
The teenager and the secondary school that he attended cannot be named because he was under 18-years-old when the crimes were committed.
His mother has been bonded for $5,000 to ensure his good behaviour and he must remain indoors from 10pm to 6am, as well as perform 80 hours of community service.
What happened?
Between April 2019 and May 2019, the youth had discovered at least 2 upskirt videos of his teacher and took a screenshot of the videos from his schoolmates.
He then edited the photos and created several variations of the pictures, changing the colour and orientation of the photos and uploaded them onto Tumblr, along with photos of her at the school and with her family.
The teacher then made a police report on 21 May 2019.