March 2014
Pervert pensioner caught for second time filming and photographing up young females skirts with mobile phone
A pensioner from Peterborough has admitted breaching a court order to stop him using a mobile phone to film up girls’ skirts.
John Stainsby (78), of Keys Park, was caught using a mobile phone to take pictures and video of unsuspecting females on the escalators of the Queensgate shopping centre in Peterborough in February 2014.
It is the second time Stainsby has been caught taking such pictures, after being given an anti-social behaviour order in 2011 when he admitted outraging public decency.
It is believed he is the oldest person in the city to be given an ASBO, with his order preventing him from possessing a camera in a public place.
On Wednesday he appeared at Peterborough Magistrates’ Court, where he again admitted outraging public decency, and also breaching his ASBO.
Jackie Carradice, prosecuting, said: “The defendant was sentenced on July 4, 2011. The ASBO was made to last until further notice.
“On February 26 this year he was seen by plain clothes officers in Queensgate, using his phone on an escalator.
“He was arrested in Queensgate bus station, and asked to hand over a phone. He gave officers a phone which could not take photos, but also handed a phone which could.”
Mrs Carradice said there were three videos, all taken on February 23, along with various photos.
The court heard Stainsby had spoken to his GP about the problem, and had been advised to speak to a counsellor.
Magistrate Mrs Shields said the case was serious enough to be committed to Peterborough Crown Court for sentencing, where a judge has greater sentencing powers.
Stainsby was given bail but banned from going to Queensgate, other than to use the bus station or to go to Boots to pick up prescriptions.
