Post office ‘upskirter’ given three-month prison sentence

The 41-year-old, who gave a St Saviour’s address, had denied behaving in an indecent manner at St Peter’s Post Office, but was found guilty at trial.

During the trial the court heard how Le Billon had used a mirror to look up the victim’s skirt, while she looked at Father’s Day cards. Another woman saw what happened and went on to give evidence in court. Le Billon had argued that he was addicted to collecting images of women’s underwear, not looking up women’s dresses.

Defence advocate Samuel Steel said his client still maintained his innocence, which limited what he could say. He did ask the court to note that his client had not been recording images in any way during the incident.

In December 2015, Le Billon was jailed for 17 months after he admitted taking more than 600 pictures and videos up women’s and schoolgirls’ dresses in Town shops, which were covered by eight offences.

Prosecutor Rory Calderwood said there was already a sexual offences prevention order in place and did not feel it was practical to extend it to include such ideas as not carrying reflective surfaces in public or to keep a certain distance from anyone in a skirt.

Judge Graeme McKerrell said it was clear the trial judge had not believed Le Billon’s flimsy account and the fact he was still keeping to that version was not helping him. He added that while Le Billon had been getting a lot of support, he had still reoffended.

‘By continuing to protest your innocence, it shows you are not to be trusted,’ he said.

He noted that despite going to prison for a similar offence, it had not deterred Le Billon from reoffending in a similar manner when he was released.

‘There really is no mitigation to be found,’ he said. ‘The only penalty I can impose is the maximum permissible by law,’ he said.

As well as the three-month prison sentence, a further notification order was imposed, which will run alongside the existing order, which will remain in place until December 2022.