Japanese Tourist Fined For Upskirt Photography In New Zealand

[Mulboyne]

3News: Japanese tourist escapes conviction for taking mischievous upskirt photo
A Japanese teacher's upskirt photograph of a fellow tourist on a windy day in Greymouth has led to a holiday nightmare and a $500 payment - but no criminal conviction. It led to the New Zealand police making inquiries with Interpol about Tadahiro Funamoto in case the 53-year-old man was a serial offender. But the investigation showed he had no convictions anywhere. He pleaded guilty in Christchurch District Court today to charges of making an intimate visual recording, and refusing to give his fingerprints to police. Defence counsel Tony Garrett then sought to convince Judge David Saunders that Funamoto should be discharged without conviction because of the difficulties he had already faced, and the likely effects of a conviction in Japan. Members of the Japanese Consulate were in court, and an interpreter was present to translate the proceedings. Funamoto is a registered teacher, a married man whose wife and two daughters aged 22 and 19 have been travelling in New Zealand for months. He has a work permit. Mrs Funamoto was left behind by the Trans-Alpine train when she was not quick enough back from the toilet during a stop at Arthur's Pass. Her husband became anxious. On the viewing platform of the train, he took a photograph of the complainant holding down her skirt with her hands at her sides. There was nothing particularly prurient or offensive about it, and others were doing the same. "The real mischief seems to be another shot that was taken at Greymouth station," said Mr Garrett. "I asked to see copies of these pictures. It may be typical Christchurch or West Coast policing but I was told to use my imagination." The police referred to a shot showing "a portion of buttock and underwear"...more...

[kurohinge1]

3News: Japanese tourist escapes conviction for taking mischievous upskirt photo

A Japanese teacher's upskirt photograph of a fellow tourist on a windy day in Greymouth has led to a holiday nightmare and a $500 payment - but no criminal conviction.

. . . "The real mischief seems to be another shot that was taken at Greymouth station," said Mr Garrett. "I asked to see copies of these pictures. It may be typical Christchurch or West Coast policing but I was told to use my imagination." The police referred to a shot showing "a portion of buttock and underwear"...more...

Lucky for him the underwear weren't made of wool . . .

[Greji]

[quote="kurohinge1"]Lucky the underwear weren't made of wool, otherwise the Kiwi cops might've incaaaaaacerated him for life.



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Kuro, you should be ashamed for always posting that trashy porn....

Ya got in other shots?

[hairygateau]

A JAPANESE national who captured six photographs of a woman's thighs and her underwear with his digital camera was jailed for one week on Wednesday.

Nakagoshi Yuta, 25, pleaded guilty to insulting the modesty of the 30-year-old woman at Dhoby Ghaut station on Nov 3 2010.

A court heard that the woman was travelling on the escalator at the station when she felt someone had brushed her on the thigh area.

She turned around and saw Nakagoshi, who walked past her and tried to flee.

She shouted at him to stop. Two men who heard the commotion managed to detain him.

Police came and seized his camera which contained several upskirt photos. Nakagoshi could have been jailed for up to one year and/or fined.

http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_635510.html

[IparryU]

She shouted at him to stop. Two men who heard the commotion managed to detain him.

he was probably thinking, "WTF people are helping her? Why?"

another thing that is key to note:

Nakagoshi could have been jailed for up to one year and/or fined.

WTF? could have been? is this NZs way of begging for the FTA between NZ and JP?

[matsuki]

LOL, he should have been using a chobicam

http://www.jtt.ne.jp/shop/product/chobi_cam_one/index.html

[IkemenTommy]

Whoever that says Japan doesn't have the power to export quality goods and services anymore?

[Mock Cockpit]

he was probably thinking, "WTF people are helping her? Why?"

another thing that is key to note:


WTF? could have been? is this NZs way of begging for the FTA between NZ and JP?

Umm that story was from Singapore.....