Zizzi waiter Andrew Baxter sacked after following teenage girl into loo
A WAITER who followed young girls to the toilet to spy on them has been given a community order.
Andrew Baxter was sentenced for voyeurism at Bristol Magistrates' Court after he burst into a cubicle occupied by a 14-year-old girl he was serving at Zizzi restaurant in Cabot Circus.
-
A WAITER who followed young girls to the toilet to spy on them has been given a community order.
District Judge Simon Cooper handed him a supervision order and a curfew, adding that the additional punishment of losing three jobs would be enough.
He said: "This was an ill considered, rushed attempt to invade a lavatory cubicle from which he immediately withdrew and apologised."
Bissell's 8910E Aroma Pro is the ultimate in home cleaning giving you a machine that provides outstanding results when not just cleaning carpets but stairs and upholstery too.
Terms: Limited Stock Offer . FREE Delivery to most UK postcodes.
Contact: 01664 491439
Valid until: Tuesday, May 28 2013
He added: "He followed a girl he plainly thought was older than she was into a lavatory and when challenged he immediately backed off."
An application for a Sexual Offenders Prevention Order was dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), but Baxter, 27, will still have to sign onto a sex offenders register.
As reported in The Post, Baxter, who lives in a shared house in Upper Belmont Road, Bishopston, appeared in court earlier this month.
The court heard that on March 4 last year he gave winks and acted "inappropriately" towards a group of 14-year-old girls upon whose table he was waiting. Baxter then followed the girls to the loo and, on one occasion, walked in on one of them in a cubicle.
Baxter admitted one charge of voyeurism, after the case was initially listed for a trial. Two other voyeurism charges relating to the incident were withdrawn.
Prosecuting on January 9, Laura Opie said the girls were eating alone, without their parents.
She said: "Through the course of the evening they had a waiter dealing with them. He was winking at them and behaving inappropriately towards them."
Ms Opie said the girls went to the toilet in pairs but every time they did so Baxter followed them, opening doors for them as they went.
On one occasion, after one of the girls had entered the ladies' toilet he followed her in and opened the cubicle door using a "special object". She challenged him when he entered and he walked out.
The incident was later reported by a friend of the victim to a police beat manager at the girls' school.
Before he was arrested, the court heard, he had attempted to make contact with the girls through social networking site Facebook.
He was sacked by Zizzi for gross misconduct and, the court heard yesterday, that Baxter has lost two other restaurant jobs at Giraffe and Carluccio's as a result of the offence.
He was given a 12-month community order with a supervision requirement along with a four-week, electronically tagged curfew from 8pm to 6am. He was also ordered to pay £75 costs.
6 Comments
by Gemma6
Thursday, March 14 2013, 5:50PM
“Louis Emanuel, I suggest you report on facts, not lies. You might just find yourself in court!!
District Judge Simon Cooper, how much time did you spend thinking of the young victim before handing this vile man such a pathetic sentence.
The pair of you should be ashamed of yourselves.This poor girl is still suffering whilst that b*****d walks free!!!”
by theparcel
Friday, February 01 2013, 6:56PM
“He was sacked by Zizzi for gross misconduct and, the court heard yesterday, that Baxter has lost two other restaurant jobs at Giraffe and Carluccio's as a result of the offence."
He was a bizzi man, izzi wizzi , lets get bizzi!”
by paulybeast
Friday, February 01 2013, 2:04PM
“Dirty little rotter. he should be doing time!! our justice system is a bit twisted in my humble opinion.”
by ScarletMsC
Friday, February 01 2013, 1:10PM
“He isn't a paedophile.
He is a moron with questionable morals but not a paedophile. Can we all learn what the word means please.”
by welliesarmy
Thursday, January 31 2013, 12:07PM
“What a seedy, dodgy man.
What sort of idiot winks' at 14 year old girls and pervs on them in the toilet when he is at work?
He is basically a pedo who should be on a sex offender list.
Also remember he works with food, which makes me feel a bit queasy as well.”
by Jimbogas777
Thursday, January 31 2013, 9:57AM
“The penalties for this crime should be prison yet I see shop lifters going to prison and paedaphiles walking free. Why?.?”