Teacher allegedly filmed hundreds of kids using toilets

Key points

• A primary school teacher, Timothy Blamires, 33, has been charged over allegedly filming young children in a school bathroom using hidden spy cameras. He appeared before Melbourne Magistrates Court and the matter was adjourned to November 20.
• Police allege he hid cameras inside fragrance dispensers at Kingswood Primary School in Dingley Village between October 2025 and April. A cleaner allegedly found one camera in April and handed it to the principal.
• Blamires faces 16 charges, including installing spy cameras and possessing and producing child abuse material. He was denied bail in May.