A pervert used a mirror to spy on women as they got changed at swimming baths in Manchester.
A court heard that student Mohammad Bataineh, who is originally from Jordan, was confused by ‘very permissive’ Western society.
But a judge sitting at Manchester magistrates court ‘utterly rejected’ his excuse, saying: “You have been in this country for three years.”
Bataineh, 35, a PhD student at Salford University, admitted committing two counts of voyeurism at the Manchester Aquatics Centre.
He was given a six-month community order with a 14-day curfew between 7pm-6am to reflect on his ‘disgrace and shame’.
He also received a six-month sexual prevention order banning him from entering any sports facilities where there are unisex changing rooms.
Deputy District Judge John Maxwell told him: “What you did was disgraceful and disgusting – and disrespectful to women.”
Passing sentence, the judge added: “I appreciate the shame you have brought on yourself and family, but you should have borne that in mind before committing these offences.”
Sean Brady, prosecuting, said Bataineh, of Roberts Avenue, Rusholme, had slipped a compact mirror under the dividing partition of his cubicle to watch the women.
His first victim, in January last year, spotted what was happening and swore and kicked out at his hand.
Bataineh managed to escape but when he returned a month later staff recognised him from CCTV footage.
Mr Brady said a second woman hadn’t realised what was happening and left the baths before staff who had detained Bataineh could speak to her.
Dawn Sweetman, defending, said Bataineh had no previous convictions. She said: “He found the cultural differences of a very permissive Western society confusing in comparison to those that exist in Jordan.”
Mrs Sweetham said what he had done would ‘haunt him for the rest of his life’ because it was worldwide on the internet.
She added that his family will be disgraced and his sisters considered unfit for marriage – and he will have trouble making a good marriage himself.
She said: “He made a very bad judgement and has learned a very harsh lesson. He is distraught at his behaviour and full of remorse.”
Judge Maxwell ordered Bataineh to pay £100 compensation to the first woman who had been ‘angered and upset’.
Cubicle pervert spied on women with mirror at Manchester Aquatics Centre
January 08, 2011
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Disgusting pervert, who would want to marry him now.
OFF WITH HIS HEAD,,,,, AND SEND HIM HOME
why not just send him home?
'Mrs Sweetham said what he had done would ‘haunt him for the rest of his life’ because it was worldwide on the internet',. Not because he felt remorse then?.
Not confused enough to find his way to the swimming baths though and then run off? Lets hope the university look into his suitability to continue his studies. Firstly he is a pervert and secondly he is obviously stupid as he returned to the scene of the crime.
if he,s struggling to come to terms with the permissiveness in the west there is an easy solution skuttle off back to jordan scumbag
Whatever happened to "We will deport criminals " So do we wait until he hurts somebody and does a runner to his homw country where we cannot get them back? our legal system in britain is a total joke.
Another cop out,if he did this in Jordan theyd chop them off.
Why would a woman defend this piece of dog dirt? Why is he still in this country? The staff at the aquatics work really hard to make it a pleasant place to be without these 'Misunderstanding' foreigners making it more hard work.
Cultural difference - permissive society...
I doubt whether this goes on in Jordan so why should this disgusting pervert think that it's ok here???
So what if he didn't have a previous conviction - the defence are idiots - do they use the same defence statements if they are defending a murderer or rapist with no previous convictions?
He's only distraught and remorseful because he was caught. If he truly felt remorse then he wouldn't have done it the second time and got caught.
Yeah let's have a picture of him on here.
I said this last time this story was in the news but I'll say it again: Do we really need unisex changing rooms?
Equality and non-discrimination are good things; unisex changing rooms are just plain stupid.
His lawyer worked overtime on that one!!
Regardless of his stupid offences, I find totally ludicrous and ridiculous that his family should be in disgrace and, far worse, his perfectly innocent sisters considered unfit for marriage. How archaic and uncivilised these sick notions are...
funny how they dont understand and claim to be confused when it suits
Theres something fishy going on here.
I was reading yesterday a US State Department statistic that child sex tourism results in 2 million Third World children being abused every year by white western Christian paedophiles. Why don't the Christian countries address this sickening state of affairs before mouthing off about what other people do?
Surely someone who is studying for PHD would know the difference between right and wrong?? Confused? yeah right. I would confuse him with a very quick trip home!
I'll take someone looking at me for £100, not bad.
So does this mean that Jack Straws views are right then?
Jordan, again!!!
Absolute disgrace of a woman.
He should have been deported immediately!
I remember reading a book written in the 1930s about society in Borneo. A muslim man the author knew had committed a crime and was caught and had to face a court of law. He was so ashamed, but not of what you might think. The author commented that he was not ashamed of committing the crime, but he WAS ashamed of GETTING CAUGHT! It is as though their whole morality is completely backward. muslim society has no equivalent to the Ten Commandments. I am sure this man is only ashamed of getting caught. After all, in his society infidel women are only pieces of meat, right? (sarcasm!) I am very glad that the judge was not moved to pity by the defence's argument. And let us all hope that it will ''‘haunt him for the rest of his life''. Even his own society in Jordan will be disgusted because he got caught!