A serial upskirter whose phone contained more than 100 videos of young women secretly filmed in public toilets has heard of his lecherous behaviour’s “profound impact” on one of his victims.
Bao Phuc Cao, 23, a Vietnamese biomedicine student at The University of Melbourne, appeared for sentencing in Melbourne Magistrates’ Court after he was caught filming a woman in a public toilet at a Docklands shopping centre in February 2025.
Cao pleaded guilty on Thursday, March 5, but his hearing was adjourned as the court awaited a victim impact statement…The statement was not read before the court, but magistrate Michelle Mykytowycz said Cao’s victim had been deeply affected by the incident.
“This has had a profound impact on the complainant,” Ms Mykytowycz said. “She remains hyper vigilant … it affects her ability to use public rest rooms at work and in public space.”
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The court was told Cao had been sentenced to a community corrections order in May last year for “effectively identical offending” against one known victim. The prosecutor said police had seized Cao’s phone containing “over 100 different videos” of unknown people whom he had secretly filmed.
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Since his previous sentencing, Cao had been complying with orders, not missing any appointments, and had been referred to an offence-specific program, the court was told. A conviction wasn’t recorded against Cao, but he must comply with a good behaviour order and his already-in-place community corrections orders.
That’s it. He doesn’t get any actual punishment, he just has to refrain from doing it again. More than 100 of these revolting sex crimes and he gets away with it.
Would it help to issue all males with a plastic or rubber model of the female genitalia for their very own?
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