Man Fined for taking Photograph
A man who took a photograph of an ill woman outside an Edinburgh bar has been fined £100 after being branded "unchivalrous" by a sheriff.
The woman had been drinking with friends in an Omni Centre bar when she felt unwell and went outside for air.
Sebastian Przygodzki took a photograph with his camera, which upset Rebecca Smith and her friends called police.
He was arrested and charged with breach of the peace, and pleaded guilty to the offence at Edinburgh Sheriff Court.
Sheriff Kenneth Hogg said the matter "could be best described as exceptionally unchivalrous".
"The lady concerned was entitled to her privacy and not to have a passing stranger take a photograph," said the sheriff.
"I'm going to impose a fine to remind him chivalry is not dead and when somebody is in distress you leave them to it."
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The woman had been drinking with friends in an Omni Centre bar when she felt unwell and went outside for air.
Sebastian Przygodzki took a photograph with his camera, which upset Rebecca Smith and her friends called police.
He was arrested and charged with breach of the peace, and pleaded guilty to the offence at Edinburgh Sheriff Court.
Sheriff Kenneth Hogg said the matter "could be best described as exceptionally unchivalrous".
"The lady concerned was entitled to her privacy and not to have a passing stranger take a photograph," said the sheriff.
"I'm going to impose a fine to remind him chivalry is not dead and when somebody is in distress you leave them to it."
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