Judge's verdict on IT boss who took upskirt videos of colleagues

‘You behaved despicably’: Judge’s damning verdict on pervert IT boss who took upskirt photos and videos of unsuspecting female colleagues

  • IT Manager Charles Sleilati filmed up the skirts and down the tops of unsuspecting female colleagues
  • He took thousands of images and more than 300 videos of 35 colleagues at the international City Bank where he worked
  • Sleilati, 53,  also had about 1,000 images of women taken on public transport

An IT manager who filmed up the skirts and down the tops of unsuspecting female colleagues was branded ‘wholly despicable’ by a judge yesterday.

Charles Sleilati amassed thousands of images and took more than 300 videos of 35 colleagues at the international City bank where he worked. Some were filmed from under desks, a court heard.

Sleilati, 53, who had been employed there for nine years and now works at John Lewis, named 27 of his colleagues in the titles of the recordings.

The pervert also had about 1,000 images of women taken on public transport and 103 images of extreme pornography were also found on his devices. 

Charles Sleilati (pictured on Wednesday leaving Westminster Magistrates’ Court) amassed thousands of images and took more than 300 videos of 35 colleagues at the international City bank where he worked. Some were filmed from under desks, a court heard

Sleilati, of Richmond, south-west London, was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment suspended for two years at Westminster magistrates’ court after pleading guilty to two counts of outraging public decency and possessing extreme pornographic images.

District Judge Nicholas Rimmer told Sleilati that he had behaved ‘wholly despicably’. Komal Varsani, prosecuting, said Lebanese-born Sleilati was eventually spotted taking upskirt pictures by staff and two further allegations were later made through the company’s complaints process. In victim statements, two of Sleilati’s former colleagues said he was a ‘pleasant person and work colleague’ but they believed he needed to get help.

Miss Varsani asked the judge to take into account that some of his victims were ‘women in the workplace’ and ‘there’s a level of trust there in terms of being colleagues’.

Olivia Haggar, defending, said: ‘In the vast majority of the recordings, nothing is seen that isn’t already visible to the human eye.’

Sleilati, of Richmond, south-west London, was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment suspended for two years at Westminster magistrates’ court (file photo) after pleading guilty to two counts of outraging public decency and possessing extreme pornographic images

Regarding the extreme pornography, Miss Haggar said Sleilati worked in France ‘when it was not uncommon for [such images] to be sent in jokey emails’. She added that a suspended sentence with a curfew would allow him to continue his employment at John Lewis.

Sleilati was charged in October 2017 and pleaded guilty to all three counts in April this year.

Judge Rimmer said Sleilati must have caused ‘pain and discomfort’, adding: ‘Your female colleagues deserve to go about their business and do their job without having invasive intrusion.’

He suspended Sleilati’s sentence on the grounds of his guilty plea, the fact the charges date back to 2017, his co-operation with police, the prospect of rehabilitation and a low risk of reoffending.

The judge told Sleilati the sentence ‘hangs over your head’, adding: ‘I suspect you badly need help so I give you the opportunity to get it.’

Sleilati was also ordered to attend rehabilitation programmes, pay £200 in costs and abide by a curfew for three months. He does not have to sign the sex offenders’ register.

A spokesman for the bank said it had referred Sleilati to the police after receiving complaints in September 2017. John Lewis declined to comment.

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