Overview
- James Manchand, 62, received a 20‑month jail term at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on April 10, and the court ordered the forfeiture of his phone and laptop.
- Officers deployed under Operation Martello in Soho saw him pacing queues and hovering near young women on January 16, which prompted close monitoring and a search.
- Police checks showed he was under a Sexual Harm Prevention Order, a court order that can require device surrender and limit digital tools, so he had to hand over and unlock his phone.
- The phone held 29 upskirting videos of more than 20 victims filmed that night in Soho, and officers arrested him at the scene.
- Part of the sentence covered SHPO breaches, including a separate stop on Tottenham Court Road where officers found he was using VPN software banned by his order, as the Met highlights its wider drive to protect women and girls.