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Man charged with voyeurism in alleged recording at Saskatoon gas station washroom

Police have charged a man accused of recording a woman, along with four girls, on a cellphone while they were using a washroom at a Saskatoon gas station. Devon Latchuk / Global News

Saskatoon police have laid a voyeurism charge against a man accused of recording a woman and girls in a washroom at a gas station.

The charge was laid after consultation with Crown prosecutors, police said.

A woman told officers she believed a man at the Fas Gas in the 400-block of Circle Drive East recorded her, along with four girls, while they were using the washroom on Sept. 1, police said.

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She said the man had shown suspicious behaviour before they used the washroom and said she saw a cellphone camera through a damaged ceiling tile, according to police.

Officers arrested a 25-year-old Saskatoon man and seized his cellphone. He was later released from custody as the investigation continued, police said.

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He turned himself in on Thursday evening and was charged.

Investigators said they continue to work on getting a search warrant to access the contents of the cellphone.

WATCH: Saskatoon police are looking into a case of alleged voyeurism at a gas station washroom

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