What is upskirting and when did it become a criminal offence?
The IndependentFor free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The campaign also gained the support of Lib Dem MP Wera Hobhouse who brought a private members’ bill backing the creation of an upskirting offence in England and Wales in March 2018. The Voyeurism Bill, known as the “Upskirting Bill” received Royal Assent on 12 February, 2019, following aMs Martin’s 18 month campaign. Upskirting has been illegal in Scotland since 2010 by the Sexual Offences Act 2009 when it was listed under the wider definition of voyeurism. Before the 2019 Act, victims and police in England and Wales were only able to prosecute upskirting offences under either the offence of outraging public decency or as a crime of voyeurism under the Sexual Offences Act.
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