A teenager found guilty of taking upskirt videos of two teachers left his victims feeling violated, objectified and vulnerable, a judge said.
Timothy Boomer, 18, was today sentenced to a 20-hour restorative order following his conviction for five counts of outraging public decency in relation to covert footage he took as a schoolboy in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland.
Noting the teachers' victim impact statements, district judge Michael Ranaghan told Enniskillen Youth Court the crimes had a significant "emotional and physical" impact on the women's work and family life.
Afterwards, the NASUWT teaching union called for law changes to make upskirting a specific offence in Northern Ireland.
The union said the two women had been left with post-traumatic stress disorder.
Boomer sat in front of the two teachers in the public gallery of the court as judge Ranaghan outlined the panel's sentencing decision. The judge said the order would help Boomer "understand the serious and significant impact of his actions".
He acknowledged that the teenager, now a student in Wales, had shown remorse.
"There has been clear and genuine remorse from Mr Boomer which appears to have strengthened with time," he said.
In March, Boomer was found guilty by the panel of committing acts of a lewd, obscene and disgusting nature and outraging public decency by making the video recordings.
The incidents happened at the school in 2015 and 2016 when Boomer was aged 14 and 15.
The offences came to light when he was 16, and he turned 18 during the legal proceedings.
His defence barrister, Frank O'Donoghue QC, stressed that Boomer is now a different person, four years on from the first offence.
The lawyer said Boomer had never denied committing the offences and appreciated they were "offensive" and "morally wrong".
Additional reporting by Press Association.
