Matthew Hill was arrested at the shopping centre during the evening of Monday 20 February 2023, after security staff reported suspicious activity inside Primark. Hill, 21, of Blenheim Road, Orpington was taken into custody and his phone was seized. Evidence showed the device had been used to secretly film several unsuspecting victims.
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He was charged with four counts of recording an image under clothing to observe another without consent, and a further four counts of operating equipment beneath clothing of another without consent. Two of these charges are related to evidence of offences carried out last year, on 5 April 2022.