Flight Attendant Finds Hidden Camera In Lavatory—Passenger Charged With Trying To Erase Evidence

A flight attendant found a hidden camera in a Scoot lavatory. The passenger onboard the Singapore Airlines low cost carrier accused of putting it there is also charged with deleting evidence. It’s the deleting that creates the greatest risk of imprisonment. The incident happened October 7 on Scoot flight TR821 from Osaka to Singapore. The 52-year-old British passenger was charged in Singapore on November 5. One Mile at a Time flags the story noting he’s currently jailed. He’s now been offered S$10,000 bail. The man plans to plead guilty. According to the Singapore Police Force, the man concealed a camera in a lavatory, left, and activated recording through an app on his phone. A female flight attendant discovered the device while using the lavatory. She removed it and alerted a colleague. Police say Lutley later tried to retrieve it, found it missing, and deleted the app and related photographs to avoid detection. Officers detained him when the flight arrived at Changi Airport and seized both his phone and the camera. That’s some fancy police work! The Alleged Deletion Carries The Biggest Penalty He faces one count each of: Voyeurism: up to two years in prison, with a fine also available. Obstructing the course of justice: up to seven years in prison, a fine, or both, over the alleged deletion of the app and photographs. While the voyeurism law includes caning, Singapore exempts men over 50 so he’s in the clear there. The United Airlines Passenger Who Recorded Himself In 2019, I wrote about a United Airlines passenger accused of hiding a camera in the first class lavatory on a San Diego – Houston flight. A woman found the device and handed it to a flight attendant. The camera had recorded the man installing it. Investigators matched his clothing and jewelry to airport footage. They also recovered deleted files showing women in an Emirates lavatory, including a flight attendant. And there’s the American Airlines case where a family alleged the airline gave a flight attendant time to erase evidence after a teenage passenger discovered his phone attached to a toilet seat with maintenance stickers. Federal prosecutors later confirmed that the crewmember had reset his phone, while investigators found recordings of other children in his cloud account. He received an 18 1/2 year prison sentence last year. (HT: One Mile at a Time) Topics on this page