New Laws Needed To Tackle 'Upskirting'
An expert at Durham University says women across the North East are being violated on a daily basis - and there's nothing we can do about it. Clare McGlynn wants a new law to stop people from taking pictures up women's skirts. She claims it's being done on trains, in shops and even with hidden cameras. "It's generally men, taking pictures of women without their consent and for sexual purposes. "We're all familiar with the pictures of celebrities we see in magazines and in papers, but these are everyday women in everyday public places." Clare says at the moment there's not much police can do about the problem, and is campaigning for new powers to be bought in. We spoke to a woman - who we're not naming - who said a picture was taken up her skirt at Aintree. The photographer told her it would be deleted - hours later it was online. She said: "He pretended he was trying to get a good photo of me, but he was waiting for that wind to blow to get up my skirt. "He purposely did that. I was mortified." Carol says she hopes the UK will now follow other countries by introducing new laws to tackle the issue and deal with those who take such pictures.