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The accused pleaded guilty to 324 counts of video voyeurism.

Ackett occasionally met the gaze of former students attending the hearing in a Tampa courtroom. He later read an apology in a clear, steady voice, the Tampa Bay Times reported. During the two-hour hearing he bowed his head as friends, neighbors and his wife of nearly 30 years begged for leniency. But prosecutors pointed out that the 324 counts of video voyeurism Ackett pleaded guilty to in April call for roughly 366 years in prison, the newspaper reported. Defense attorneys had asked for no more than three years, plus probation, promising that Ackett would continue seeking treatment for a di...

ABC News Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? OffOn Florida teacher gets 15 years for recording naked girls A Florida teacher was sentenced to 15 years in prison for secretly recording students as they changed clothes in his fashion design classroom ByThe Associated Press • 4 min read Catch up on the developing stories making headlines.ABCNews.com TAMPA, Fla. -- A 52-year-old teacher was sentenced to 15 years in prison for secretly recording videos of students as they changed clothes in his fashion design classroom at a Florida high school. Mark William Ackett...

Florida teacher who secretly recorded more than 100 naked girls in his classroom sentenced to 15 years Peeping tutor. A Florida teacher who secretly filmed dozens of students changing clothes in his fashion design classroom was sentenced to 15 years behind bars. Mark William Ackett, who will also remain a registered sex offender for the rest of his life, was sentenced on Monday in a Tampa courtroom. “There’s so much suffering in this case by so many different people due to the actions of the defendant. There’s very little I can say today to make any of that better,” Judge Laura Ward s...

Florida high school teacher is jailed for 15 years after secretly recording hundreds of videos of naked students as they changed clothes in his fashion design classroom A judge sentenced Mark William Ackett, 52, on Monday to 15 years in prison, and said he must remain on the sex offender registry for life Ackett pleaded guilty last month to secretly recording more than 100 of his students changing clothes in his fashion design classroom He was first arrested in September 2018, after a student found a cellphone that appeared to be recording inside the changing room Prosecutors said Ackett col...