Japanese man hid in gutter to peep up skirts: Police, media reports
A man in Japan who hid in a drain for five
hours, allegedly to snap photos up women’s
skirts, was given away when passers-by spotted
his hair sticking out of a grate, police and reports
said.
Yasuomi Hirai, 28, allegedly squeezed
himself in a section of a gutter 28
centimetres (11 inches) wide, with his
head under a piece of iron grating, a
police spokesman said Wednesday.
“His hair got caught at the edge of the
grate, which drew the attention of some
pedestrians,” the spokesman with the
Hyogo prefectural police in Kobe told
AFP.
The alleged offence took place in the port
city August, but police said that Hirai’s
arrest on Monday came after a lengthy
investigation.
Police did not elaborate but the Sports
Hochi tabloid reported Tuesday that
Hirai kept himself in the small space for
about five hours, holding a smart phone
to take photos from under the grate.
Local reports said it was not the first
time Hirai has been arrested for the
same offence, which violated a local
ordinance preventing nuisance acts.
He was nabbed two years ago after
squeezing himself into a gutter allegedly
for the same purpose, Sports Hochi said.
Hirai reportedly told police at the time
that he wanted to be reborn as “part of
pavement in the next life.”
Peculiar offences involving the
harassment of women and girls are
frequently reported in Japan.
In 2012, several high school girls from a
small neighbourhood reported to police
that they were tackled by a sock-stealing
thief.
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