SELECTED CASE LAW
ONTARIO:
2017 ONCJ 377
In 2017 ONCJ 377, Mr. H was a school teacher at an elementary school, who later got promoted to a vice-principal at another school in the district. He had hidden a camera in the men’s washroom at the elementary school he used to teach at and captured images of his male colleagues using the bathroom over several months. He would come to the school to visit colleagues and go into the bathroom and switch out the batteries and retrieve the images, which were used for sexual purposes. The court noted that he did not post the images on the internet and only filmed men. However, one day the camera was discovered by someone using the washroom who heard it making a beeping noise. Mr. H pleaded guilty to nine counts of voyeurism and was sentenced to a 16-month conditional sentence served in the community, 8 months of house arrest, a no contact order with the victims, two years probation, an order to provide a DNA sample and a requirement to attend programming. The loss of his career, family and reputation were noted in the decision.
Criminal Offence(s): Voyeurism