Tennis Racquet Spy-Hole Perv Sentenced For Filming Up Teens Skirts

A pervert, who taped mobile phones to the strings of two tennis racquets to film up young students skirts outside a busy tube station, has been placed on probation for a year.

Filming via a small hole he cut in one of the racquet's cover's 27 year-old Jake Hemming targeted women entering and leaving Tooting Broadway Underground Station.

The first-time offender, of Queenswood Gardens, Wanstead, east London ironically appeared at Wimbledon Magistrates Court, a short distance from Tennis’ All England Club.

He pleaded guilty to one count of outraging public decency by behaving in an indecent manner, namely filming up women's skirts with a mobile phone concealed in a tennis racquet in Tooting Broadway, Tooting on November 23, last year.

As part of his twelve-month community order Hemming will have to complete twenty days of rehabilitation and must also pay £85 costs and £60 victim surcharge.

The court was shown a photograph of the racquet, which had a mobile phone taped to the strings and then disguised when the cover was placed over the top.

The court heard he had compiled approximately twenty more hours of similar footage in the Tooting area, which was discovered during a police search of his home.

The court heard it was 4.15pm when Hemming was seen loitering near a group of around twenty students, aged 16-18 years-old.

The girls were unaware he positioned the racquet at an angle that allowed him to record images up their skirts.

A witness followed him and flagged over passing police.

District Judge Barbara Barnes announced: "The allegation is that in some way the defendant had rigged a camera up on a tennis racquet and was taking photographs of individuals, using the tennis racquet at an angle up individuals skirts at the tube station.

"When his home address was searched another racquet was found similarly set-up to take photos." 

Prosecutor Mr. Claudius Taylor-Sonko told the court previously: "After being seen at the station he was seen filming another girl."

Hemming's lawyer Mr. Niall Hearty said: "In short, he's found this a difficult period and cannot come up with a proper explanation as to why he committed the offence."

The defendant reported his perversion to his GP, who referred him to a counsellor and Hemming has completed 12 one-hour sessions and booked six more.

"The counselling is in regard to this behaviour in this instance," added Mr. Hearty.

"It does seem unusual at this age he's come to the attention of the criminal justice system for this offence," said DJ Barnes. "He's admitted the offence and now has a conviction."