A Walton man is accused of using a hidden camera to film up the skirts of more than 130 schoolgirls.
Christopher Baker, 39, is alleged to have filmed girls travelling on a bus as well as women shopping in Aldi supermarket in Old Swan and Home Bargains in Belle Vale.
Baker, of Bardsay Road, Walton appeared before Liverpool Magistrates’ Court today on five charges of Outraging Public Decency under Common Law and two of Voyeurism, under the Sexual Offences Act 2003.
He appeared in court wearing a light grey suit and spoke only to confirm his name and address. No pleas were entered.
According to the charges Baker is accused of filming up the skirts of 132 unidentified schoolgirls travelling on a bus in the Stoneycroft area on a date before September 4 last year.
The court heard he is also charged with filming up the skirts of four identified schoolgirls, aged 11, 13, 15 on the top deck of a public bus on November 16, 2011.
According to the charges Baker is also alleged to have used his mobile phone, concealed in a bag, to film up the skirt of a woman in Aldi on July 7, 2014.
The other charges relate to incidents in the same Aldi store on July 28, 2014 and in Home and Bargains on September 18, 2013.
The two Voyeurism charges relate to allegations that Baker filmed two women, without their consent for the purposes of sexual gratification.
These allegations date from between July 17, 2014 and September 4, 2014.
Magistrates passed the case to Liverpool Crown Court where Baker is due to attend a plea and case management hearing on January 26 next year.
Source: http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/