Outrage in Austria after man ordered to pay female footballers €625 each for secretly filming dressing room
Former official at Altach given suspended prison termPlayer says the sentence ‘leaves me speechless’A man has been given a seven-month suspended prison sentence and fined €1,200 (£1,046) after being found guilty of taking secret videos and photographs from the changing room, gym and showers...
<ul><li><p>Former official at Altach given suspended prison term</p></li><li><p>Player says the sentence ‘leaves me speechless’</p></li></ul><p>A man has been given a seven-month suspended prison sentence and fined €1,200 (£1,046) after being found guilty of <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/feb/17/austrian-football-shaken-after-hidden-cameras-found-in-altach-womens-teams-changing-room">taking secret videos and photographs</a> from the changing room, gym and showers of the Altach women’s football team. He was also told to pay the victims €625 each in compensation.</p><p>The sentence was handed out in the regional court in Feldkirch, Austria, with the judge saying that it made a huge difference “if one looks at pictures or actually creates them oneself”. The defendant accepted the sentence but the prosecutor may appeal.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/feb/25/outrage-in-austria-after-man-secretly-filmed-dressing-room-female-players">Continue reading...</a>
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