It's legal to secretly film up a woman's skirt in public, rules US court

Georgia: In a bizarre and shocking move, a US court has ruled that it is legal to secretly film up a woman's skirt without her consent.

According to a report in the Independent, the court blamed it on the loopholes in the system stating that there is a 'gap' in the law surrounding invasion of privacy.

The ruling comes as a relief for a convict, Brandon Lee Gary, who was prosecuted in 2013 on a single count after he tried to take video of a woman customer from beneath her skirt while she was shopping at a supermarket where he worked.

Gary pleaded guilty to the crime at Houston County and was convicted for the same.

On July 15, the invasion of privacy charge against Gary was reversed by the Georgia's Court of Appeal after he pleaded that he did not violate any law.

“It is regrettable that no law currently exists which criminalizes Gary’s reprehensible conduct,” the Judge was quoted as saying.

Gary argued that he had not violated any law and that he had filmed the woman in a public place.

"Unfortunately, there is a gap in Georgia’s criminal statutory scheme, in that our law does not reach all of the disturbing conduct that has been made possible by ever-advancing technology," the Judge further stated.