A PREDATORY supermarket assistant has admitted upskirting women at the Lidl store where he worked.
Craig Hawick, 19, crouched down within the self-service checkout area to snap compromising pics of women on his mobile phone, a court heard.
He pleaded guilty to committing the offences while at work at the Lidl supermarket in Aberdeen on January 8.
The pervert was added to the sex offenders register after he admitted taking the photos.
Fiscal depute Lynne McVicar said: “The CCTV showed the accused working within the self-service checkout area.
“At 5.45pm he dropped to a crouch, extended his arm under the female’s dress with his phone in his hand.
“The CCTV is of such good quality that it can be seen the phone is in front camera mode. The accused returned to this female and did this a number of times.”
The prosecutor said that the teen did this to another woman ten minutes later.
She added: “Both were completely unaware of the accused’s actions.”
The court was told Hawick’s behaviour came to light when another customer spotted him crouching down to take the snaps.
When interviewed by cops two weeks later, officers said he “spoke freely” about his actions and admitted responsibility.
Ms McVicar said police searched his Park Street home and seized, among other items, a laptop and a memory card.
Hawick’s solicitor told the court that store management had since “followed through on disciplinary proceedings” and the teenager had lost his job.
Paul Barnett argued a ban on Hawick owning any electrical equipment capable of capturing images – including mobile phones, laptops or cameras – was making “life extremely difficult”.
He said: “He is a 19-year-old man who uses internet banking to pay his bills and he has just lost his job.
“This order prevents him from having a smartphone or personal computer.”
Sheriff William Summers bailed the teen, and allowed him to continue using electrical gadgets.
The sheriff ordered background reports and told Hawick to return to court at the end of March for sentencing.
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