Man Arrested For Filming Up Women's Skirts On London Underground's Central Line

Man Arrested For Secretly Filming Up Women's Skirts On Tube
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A lone commuter walks away after getting off a Central Line train during morning rush hour at Holborn underground station in London, Friday July 8, 2005. A series of deadly explosions in London on Thursday claimed at least 37 lives and injured hundreds of others. Britain's top law-enforcement official said Friday that the bombers who hit London's transportation network could strike again. Britain's Home Secretary Charles Clarke said police have not ruled out the possibility that one or more of t
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A man has been arrested after being caught by two undercover police officers filming up women's skirts on the London tube.

Clandestine officers, dispatched from a special plain-clothed squad designed to tackle pickpocketing, first noticed the man taking pictures at Holborn underground station in London, reportedly with a camera disguised as a watch.

He was arrested for outraging public decency and had his recording device confiscated by police at St Paul's.

A spokesman for the British Transport Police told The Huffington Post UK: “On Saturday, 25 July, plain clothes BTP officers patrolling the Central line observed a man getting close to a number of women.

“The 41-year-old man was arrested close to the exit of St Paul’s Underground station shortly before 8pm on suspicion of outraging public decency. Officers seized a recording device.

“The man was interviewed under caution and subsequently released on police bail until 28 August, pending further enquiries.”