Detectives from the Townsville Child Protection Investigation Unit have charged a 30-year-old man in relation to allegedly filming up a woman’s dress at a Deeragun shopping centre last month.

It will be alleged that around 3:30pm on 27 October, the man approached the woman at a supermarket at the Commercial Avenue shopping centre and attempted to film under her dress.

Following investigations, detectives arrested the 30-year-old Bohle Plains man yesterday at a Bohle Plains address, where it’s further alleged the man destroyed a portable hard drive upon police arrival.

The man has been charged with one count each of recording in breach of privacy, damaging evidence with intent.

He was today remanded in custody and is due to next appear in the Townsville Magistrates Court on 12 December.

Detectives believe that the man may have committed similar offences against other female victims at the Deeragun shopping centre, and also at a hardware business on Stock Route Way, Garbutt, and are appealing to anyone who may have experienced similar incidents to come forward.

Investigations are ongoing.

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