Re: Fine over mobile topless pictures

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Posted by DennMann on December 28, 2004 at 21:00:40:

In Reply to: Fine over mobile topless pictures posted by CandidCamera on December 01, 2004 at 12:28:10:

: Fine over mobile topless pictures
: December 1, 2004

: A SYDNEY man was fined $500 today for taking photographs of topless women on Coogee Beach with his mobile phone.

: Labourer Peter Mackenzie, 25, of Coogee, pleaded guilty in Waverley Local Court to behaving offensively in a public place on November 6.

: It is believed to be the first time anyone has been prosecuted over such photography.

: The partner of a woman he snapped confronted Mackenzie and called the police, staying with him at the beach until officers arrived.

: Mackenzie told the court he had agonised over his actions.

: "I really feel like I've blemished 25 years of being a decent person," he said.

: Mackenzie faced three months in jail, but Magistrate Lee Gilmore instead fined him $500, warning him that "women are not objects of decoration for men's gratification".

: Mackenzie's Nokia camera phone will be destroyed.

I'm really on the fence over this one. I would agree if the woman had been in a sauna or locker room but a woman, topless on the beach, is fair game.

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: : Fine over mobile topless pictures : : December 1, 2004 : : A SYDNEY man was fined $500 today for taking photographs of topless women on Coogee Beach with his mobile phone. : : Labourer Peter Mackenzie, 25, of Coogee, pleaded guilty in Waverley Local Court to behaving offensively in a public place on November 6. : : It is believed to be the first time anyone has been prosecuted over such photography. : : The partner of a woman he snapped confronted Mackenzie and called the police, staying with him at the beach until officers arrived. : : Mackenzie told the court he had agonised over his actions. : : "I really feel like I've blemished 25 years of being a decent person," he said. : : Mackenzie faced three months in jail, but Magistrate Lee Gilmore instead fined him $500, warning him that "women are not objects of decoration for men's gratification". : : Mackenzie's Nokia camera phone will be destroyed. : I'm really on the fence over this one. I would agree if the woman had been in a sauna or locker room but a woman, topless on the beach, is fair game.

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