Holiday horror: Secret camera ‘filmed guests while they were showering’ as Australian man is charged
Holiday horror: Secret camera ‘recorded guests showering’ as Australian man faces charges
A north Queensland man allegedly used a motion sensor camera hidden in a can of bug spray to film hundreds of guests after advertising his home on a couch-surfing website.
Police claim the camera was hidden in the bathroom to film guests showering.
A North Queensland man allegedly used a motion sensor camera hidden in a can of bug spray to film hundreds of guests (stock image)
The 47-year-old secretly recorded visitors to his Railway Estate residence in Townsville over a three-year period, police are expected to allege (stock image)
The man was arrested at Brisbane Airport as he tried to board a flight to Singapore.
The 47-year-old secretly recorded visitors to his Railway Estate residence in Townsville over a three-year period, police will allege.
Officers from the child protection unit charged him with 124 counts of invasion of privacy.
Detectives seized more than 250 videos of men and women of all ages.
The man was refused bail and is due to appear in the Brisbane Magistrates Court on Thursday.
Some victims have been identified but police are appealing for anyone who used the couch-surfing website to stay at the house to contact them.