under a new law<\/a>.<\/p>\nProsecutor Katie Bryan told Westminster Magistrates’ Court the victim had been making her way to a job interview via the Circle and District Line on 1 July.<\/p>\n
She said Insp Pete Scottow, who was in the Tube carriage at the time, saw Timson-Hunt near the woman with his phone in between his legs.<\/p>\n
He suspected he was taking photos when he saw him press a side button “four to five times”, the court heard.<\/p>\n
When all three disembarked at Embankment station, the court heard, Insp Scottow followed and saw the defendant standing close to the woman on the stairs.<\/p>\n
He then approached her and said “I think this man has been taking pictures of you”.<\/p>\n
When confronted, a “shocked” Timson-Hunt apologised, saying he had “never done anything like this before”, the court was told.<\/p>\n
Two videos were found on his phone.<\/p>\n
One, captured on the Tube, showed the woman’s “underwear and naked buttocks from underneath the dress”, Ms Bryan said.<\/p>\n
In a statement read in court, the woman said she “felt incredibly violated” by the experience.<\/p>\n
Her fear of being targeted again meant she had not worn any dress or skirt since, the court heard.<\/p>\nTimson-Hunt filmed the woman on the Tube and on while climbing stairs at Embankment Station<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n <\/p>\n
Mitigating, Nicholas Ornstin said Timson-Hunt’s life had been “completely destroyed”, as he would now struggle to find employment and his marriage was “on the rocks”.<\/p>\n
Chair of the bench Anne Boda, sentencing, said the “extremely unpleasant” offence would have a “long-lasting effect” on the victim.<\/p>\n
The terms of Timson-Hunt’s community order include 30 days of rehabilitation activity and 60 hours of unpaid work.<\/p>\n
He was also ordered to sign the sex offenders register for five years and must also pay \u00a3175 in court costs and victim surcharge.<\/p>\n
The defendant, of Stanford-le-Hope, Essex, had admitted a charge of operating equipment beneath the clothing of another without consent at an earlier hearing.<\/p>\n
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