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High Court Denies Name Suppression, Sentences Filmer to Three Years

6/23/2026

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The High Court rejected the offender’s request for name suppression, keeping his identity hidden as he appeals.
He pleaded guilty to secretly filming women in Auckland showers, toilets and changing rooms and received a three-year sentence.
Police uncovered the recordings after a woman saw him filming up her skirt in a Countdown supermarket.
Judge Kathryn Maxwell denied the appeal, citing the invasion of privacy of 62 victims.

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The High Court rejected the offender’s request for name suppression, keeping his identity hidden as he appeals.
He pleaded guilty to secretly filming women in Auckland showers, toilets and changing rooms and received a three-year sentence.
Police uncovered the recordings after a woman saw him filming up her skirt in a Countdown supermarket.
Judge Kathryn Maxwell denied the appeal, citing the invasion of privacy of 62 victims.