Tokens: The
public
prosecutor
chose
to
charge
the
defendant
with
sexual
molestation
.
This
proved
to
be
the
wrong
legal
avenue
,
since
there
was
obviously
no
conduct
falling
within
the
offence
of
sexual
molestation
:
no
touching
,
no
inducing
,
no
coercion
,
no
seduction
,
no
improper
influence
,
no
exposure
or
indecent
behaviour
of
the
defendant
.
Furthermore
,
the
relevant
criminal
intent
that
the
applicant
should
find
out
about
the
filming
could
not
be
established
.
The
Government
maintained
that
this
was
a
problem
of
evidence
,
but
the
applicant
replied
that
it
was
rather
a
problem
of
erroneous
interpretation
of
penal
law
by
the
public
prosecutor
.
The
applicant
is
right
,
since
the
requisite
subjective
element
of
the
offence
of
sexual
molestation
(
namely
,
the
perpetrator
’s
intention
that
the
victim
be
aware
of
the
illegal
conduct
while
it
is
taking
place
)
is
incompatible
per
se
with
any
covert
action
of
filming
or
photographing
.
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