Overview
- Investigators allege the device was concealed in an aircraft toilet and remotely activated during a Scoot flight from Osaka to Singapore on Oct 7, when the camera was intended to record private acts.
- A cabin crew member discovered and removed the hidden camera while using the toilet, which prevented the suspect from retrieving the device and allowed the incident to be reported to airport police.
- Police detained the man when the flight landed at Changi Airport and seized his mobile phone and the camera as evidence before preliminary checks showed he had deleted the controlling app and related photos.
- Hugh Lutley, 52, was formally charged on Thursday and indicated he would plead guilty; he was offered S$10,000 bail and a pre-trial conference is scheduled for Nov 17.
- Voyeurism in Singapore can carry up to two years’ jail, a fine or caning and obstruction of justice carries up to seven years’ jail, and police have urged vigilance about covert recording devices on aircraft as enforcement proceeds under aviation laws.