Filipino clerk jailed 4 weeks for filming woman's skirt

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[SIZE=5] Filipino clerk jailed 4 weeks for filming woman's skirt[/SIZE]

By Elena Chong, Court Correspondent
A FILIPINO clerk was jailed for four weeks on Friday for using his mobile phone to take a picture from under a woman's skirt.

Alex Peralta Cinco 36, pleaded guilty to insulting the modesty of a 26-year-old woman on an escalator at The Heeren, Orchard Road, on Aug 9.


A court heard that the woman was shopping there with a 37-year-old man when the latter noticed Cinco placing his cellphone beneath her skirt without her knowledge.


The cellphone was flipped over with the camera function facing upwards.


When the escalator reached Level 4, the couple approached Cinco and asked to see the contents of the cellphone. Cinco handed it over after the man said they were going to call the police.


Cinco, a first offender, said in mitigation that he came to Singapore to work and hoped to continue working here.


He said he was sorry for what he had done, and asked the court to give him a chance.


Judge May Mesenas said a jail sentence was in order as such cases have gone up, and there was a danger of photographs taken with cellphones being circulated in the Internet.


Cinco could have been jailed for up to one year of fined or both for the offence.


Police statistics show that 'upskirt' filming cases have been rising yearly.


Last year, there were 50 cases of such outrage of modesty offences using electronic gadgets. This is nearly double the 28 cases in 2004. In 2005, there were 39 cases.


The culprits tend to snap 'upskirt' pictures, though others are also using modern technology and even smaller video cameras to peep into showers.



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Pasalamat sya di sya na cane hehe...

[just4u]

kakahiya naman siya... buti na lang nga di siya na-cane...

[VtEC]

whoa, menyek pala e.

OT:yan kasi problema dyan sa mga gadget e.say yong cel fone e intended for voice and txt lang then nilagyan ng mp3, cam blah blah..kaya nga me digi/videocam at mga mp3 players for such function e.wtf.

[wildthing]

i don't think that it is not the technology's fault... stupidity lang at kamanyakan ang ipinakita ng pinoy na yun. sana nga na cane siya at nakulong... para magsisi at wala ng gumaya.

it would have also been good if his work/employment pass was revoked and banned from working again there and deported or expelled out of singapore. people like him have no place in a civil society.

kahit na nagsorry yan, sigurado ako uulitin pa rin nya yun...

[mhelskie]

shoot, wrong thread haha

dami na ngang naggaganyan dito sa pinas...katakot

[janeiroseis]

[SIZE=3]Serves him right.[/SIZE]

[ronw123w124]

He deserves to be jailed to make him realize the consequences of his actions.

[mikey177]

He should be caned. Pero dapat yung dalawang thumb nya ang hatawin paulit-ulit ng cane para di na sya makapang-menyak sa cellphone

[Memphis Raines]

An apologetic pervert

Maybe he got caught by the other guy because when he placed the camera underneath he pressed the wrong button and turned on the MP3 player! :hysterical:

[mbeige]

Baka may flash yung phone niya