Accountant gets 15-month probation for filming man in park changing room
A 31-year-old accountant was sentenced to 15 months of probation for voyeurism after secretly recording a man showering in Morse Park changing room. The magistrate noted that while such cases usually warrant jail, he accepted a non-custodial order to give the defendant a chance to reform.
A 31-year-old accountant was sentenced to a 15-month probation order at Kowloon City Magistrates' Courts on 6 November 2026 after pleading guilty to voyeurism for secretly filming another man taking a shower in a public park changing room in Wong Tai Sin.
Acting Principal Magistrate Andy Cheng Lim-chi adopted the probation officer's recommendation, noting that although voyeurism cases generally warrant immediate custodial sentences, the court was prepared to grant the defendant an opportunity to turn over a new leaf.
The defendant, Lau Chun-fai, admitted to filming a male victim, identified as X, inside the male changing room at Morse Park No. 3 on 26 July 2026. The charge stated that the recording occurred in an area where an individual could reasonably expect privacy, and that the defendant disregarded whether the victim consented.
The court heard that the victim was showering inside a cubicle when he noticed a bag placed beneath the gap under the door. Inside the bag, he found a mobile phone actively recording. The victim terminated the recording, confronted Lau, and demanded the passcode to unlock the handset. A check uncovered a video lasting 2 minutes and 36 seconds, which opened with a view of the defendant's face before panning across the facilities and capturing the naked victim.
The victim transferred the recording to his own handset and deleted the footage from the defendant's device in the presence of a friend, who witnessed the encounter before the police were notified.
Lau initially remained silent under caution but later confessed that he had acted on impulse after recent unemployment. In mitigation, the defence submitted that Lau had voluntarily undergone a rapid urine drug screening on 29 October, which confirmed negative results, and had enrolled in a community drug rehabilitation scheme. The magistrate said that while voyeurism cases typically call for imprisonment, the dynamics differed from men illicitly recording women, but the sentencing baseline remained unchanged. He accepted that a probation order was appropriate and sentenced Lau to 15 months of probation supervision.
