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 of the Altach women’s football team. He was also told to pay the victims €625 each in compensation.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. Continue reading...