A hidden camera was found in an elementary school bathroom on Thursday morning, Gatineau police say.
A 19-year-old Gatineau, Que., man who installed a camera in a girls' bathroom at his former elementary school will serve an 18-month community sentence, a judge decided Thursday.Matthias Deschenes was arrested in 2023 after a camera was found in the ceiling of École L'Oiseau-Bleu in Gatineau, Que. On Thursday, the 19-year-old was given an 18-month sentence to be served in the community. A Gatineau, Que.
Matthias Deschenes, 19, was also given two years' probation Thursday and told to submit a sample of his DNA to the authorities. Deschenes pleaded guilty in January to breaking and entering and voyeurism, seven months after Gatineau police said a camera had been discovered in the ceiling of a bathroom atAt the time of his arrest, police said Deschenes was a former student at the rue Nelligan school. No other cameras were found on the premises, police said.
Under the sentence, Deschenes faces several conditions including a ban on being in parks or other public areas where children under 16 are either present or reasonably likely to be.
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