Thai ‘upskirter’ busted in UK

The son of National Legislative Assembly member Youdtana Tupchareon has been convicted by a court in London of taking videos of unsuspecting shoppers in a women’s clothing store by peering under their skirts, the Daily Mail reported.

The Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday also banned Pratyayoud Tupchareon, 27, a student at Regent’s University London, from entering the City of Westminster for four months.

He was ordered to wear an electronic bracelet showing his location for 12 weeks, with a 7pm to 6am curfew.

Mr Pratyayoud was caught filming underneath the skirts of women in Topshop, a fashion outlet on Oxford Street.

He told authorities he was inspired by “upskirting videos” on YouTube.

According to the Daily Mail he admitted a charge of outraging public decency.

District Judge Elizabeth Roscoe said: “Mr Tupchareon, I don’t know what you were thinking, you’re 27 years old, you’re not a child. You are extremely lucky that you have a very supportive family but this is your responsibility and it was outrageous behaviour — unpleasant, disrespectful and potentially, deeply offensive.

“I do accept, because nothing else was found on any of your media equipment, that this was just a one-off occasion and I do accept that this was not for your own sexual gratification.