Student hid mobile phones in bathroom of shared house with cameras facing shower and toilet

Court heard three of the student’s five housemates — two men and one woman — had at different times discovered a mobile phone belonging to the accused hidden in different locations in the bathroom, including in the shower and facing the toilet

Judge described the accused’s offence as 'a gross breach of privacy and trust', whose effect was 'long-lasting' and which had occurred in 'the most private of places'.

A former student who secretly placed mobile phones in the bathroom of a house he shared with other students with the camera facing towards the shower and the toilet has been given a suspended sentence.

Luke Shaw, aged 22, of Cork Street, Dublin 8, pleaded guilty at a sitting of Naas Circuit Criminal Court to a charge of offensive conduct of a sexual nature which was likely to cause fear, distress or alarm contrary to Section 45 (3) of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017.