A PEST flew a drone over a main college’s playground to look at youngsters, a court docket heard.
Jeremy Chook, 47, made one pupil run away in tears because the system adopted them round, magistrates had been instructed yesterday.
AlamyA pest flew a drone over a main college’s playground to look at youngsters, a court docket heard[/caption]
He’s stated to have intentionally focused the kid in September 2023.
Prosecutor Elizabeth Valera instructed JPs: “The Crown say he flew the drone particularly to look at the youngsters.
“A baby is definitely adopted and is operating and crying whereas being adopted by the drone.”
Miss Valera stated Chook was identified to have “a persistent method of attempting to have interaction youngsters in conversations exterior colleges and taking footage of them”.
Chook admitted a cost of recklessly or negligently inflicting or allowing an plane, particularly a drone, to hazard an individual or property at Pembroke Park Major Faculty in Salisbury, Wilts.
His solicitor, Paul Jones, instructed the town’s magistrates’ court docket: “He accepted his use of the drone was reckless as a result of he doesn’t have the {qualifications} to take action.
“He’s pleading responsible to that.”
Chook was bailed till subsequent month provided that he doesn’t enter college grounds or any related parking space, has no unsupervised contact with underneath 18s, registers any new drone with the police and palms over any web system to the police on request.
Marc GiddingsThe prosecution stated Chook was identified to have ‘a persistent method of attempting to have interaction youngsters in conversations exterior colleges and taking footage of them’[/caption]