Lithuanian Man Sentenced to House Arrest for Filming Women in Restrooms

A Lithuanian man, identified as M.R., has received an eight-month sentence of house arrest with intensive supervision for secretly filming women in public restrooms. The Šiauliai District Court handed down the sentence, which includes strict conditions designed to prevent further offenses.

During his period of house arrest, M.R. must remain at home between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. He is also required to work or register with the Employment Service and participate in a behavioral correction program. The court further prohibited him from using mind-altering substances and from visiting large shopping centers. Additionally, he must pay €300 in non-pecuniary damages to each of the two victims.

The court's decision stems from incidents on January 17, 2026. While intoxicated, M.R. entered a women's restroom in one shopping center, climbed onto a toilet, and used his mobile phone to film a woman in an adjacent stall over the partition. He fled when noticed but repeated the act hours later in another shopping center's women's restroom. He was apprehended after leaving the second location.

M.R. fully confessed to the charges during the trial. He explained that he decided to film women while drunk and acknowledged that his actions were inappropriate, expressing regret. He claimed he did not intend to share the recordings and deleted them afterward. The investigation uncovered 36 recordings made between December 2025 and January 2026. The court recognized the fear and insecurity the victims experienced, though it noted they did not provide evidence of lasting psychological disorders.