A Perth man secretly recorded women and girls on public transport using a phone deliberately placed on his bag so he could see up their clothing, a court has been told.

The District Court in Perth heard Adam Simon McGovern was "hiding in plain sight" when he made the recordings.

He allegedly focused on the breasts and buttocks of women and girls, some in their school uniforms, in supermarkets and on buses and trains in suburban Perth.

Mr McGovern, 50, is on trial, accused of dozens of charges of indecent recording, which allegedly occurred in late 2022. His youngest alleged victim was under 13 at the time.

Court told of upskirting

Prosecutor Mimi Yeung told the District Court that secretly taking videos of underwear, or "upskirting", was sexually intrusive when the women and girls wer

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