A 62-year-old man from Amersfoort has been given 100 hours community service and a four month suspended jail term for installing a webcam in the bedroom ceiling of his teenage neighbour so he could spy on her.

The camera was discovered at the beginning of this year after the girl noticed plaster on the floor of her room. Several pictures of the 16-year-old girl were discovered on the computer attached to the webcam, the Telegraaf reported.
The court found the man, who has learning difficulties, guilty of attempted sexual assault. He was also ordered to pay his victim €500 compensation. In two other similar cases, the peeping tom was found not guilty.