Prosecutors sought five years in prison on Tuesday for a 28-year-old former elementary school teacher in Okayama Prefecture who admits filming four girls in their underwear as they changed and sharing the footage in an SNS group that other teachers belonged to, Tokai TV reported.
The defendant, Kaigetsu Kai, admitted the charges at the hearing. Prosecutors argued he extracted the footage in a classroom at night to avoid detection.
“It was cunning and malicious, as he took the filming data out in a classroom at night to escape discovery.”prosecutors said in court, prosecution
Prosecutors also said the case had caused anxiety about school education and had a large impact on society.
The defense asked for a suspended sentence, saying settlements had been reached with some of the victims. The court is scheduled to hand down its ruling on the 17th of next month.