Jail for voyeur tenant who preyed on female landlord and child

A long-time tenant has been handed a jail sentence after he abused the trust of his landlord by taking voyeuristic videos of the woman and her child when the girl was between three and four years old.

- Andrew Wong

The Malaysian man was found with videos and screenshots that dated back to 2018. The 74 screenshots were from videos recorded of the landlord.

The 40-year-old was on Dec 30 sentenced to 19 months' jail after pleading guilty to two voyeurism offences and one for insulting the modesty of a woman.

Two other charges were taken into consideration during his sentencing.

The man cannot be named as there is a gag order to protect the identity of the victims.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Lynda Lee said the man had been renting a bedroom in the woman's Housing Board flat for 10 years when he was caught in the act.