A man who placed a phone in a shopping basket to film schoolgirl skirts has been sentence of suspension.
Graham Smith, 62, of Christchurch, was apprehended in December after the strategically placed device was discovered in a Bournemouth Co-op store.
He pleaded guilty to taking an image beneath another person’s clothing to observe without their consent.
Smith was sentenced to 20 weeks in prison, suspended for 18 months, at Poole Magistrates’ Court.
Passing sentence, deputy district judge Kirsty Allman said he had “deliberately selected and targeted” girls in school uniform to film for sexual gratification.
“They were violated in a degrading manner as they went about their daily life.
She added it had been “humiliating” for the girls involved.
The court heard Smith had made a full admission in a police interview and admitted his actions were “completely unacceptable”.