<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>Exclusive:</span></strong><span> A Melbourne University medical student has been caught filming young women at accommodation sites in the city.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Despite hundreds of secretly recorded photos and videos on his phone and laptop, the 23-year-old walked away with no conviction.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Bao Phuc Cao is supposed to be in Melbourne studying to become a neurosurgeon.He was living at RoomingKos, a CBD student accommodation in the city, when he preyed on young women.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/medibank-cash-back-millions-australians-to-recieve-extra-payment/f0102e7a-01d4-44e0-bb9e-62aa6c752609"><strong><span>Millions of Australians to receive extra cash payment</span></strong></a><span></span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A female student was showering when she noticed someone holding a mobile phone under her cubicle. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It belonged to Cao and he was arrested soon after. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police then discovered hundreds of secret images and videos of young women. </span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/melbourne-university-medical-student-caught-filming-women-at-shared-accomodation/9bddf88b-5c3e-4025-a6d8-f9e070b8b16e" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span> There could be up to 150 alleged victims who were unknowingly filmed. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Cao pleaded guilty and he was sentenced to a Community Correction Order and forced to undergo a sex offender treatment program. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>No conviction was recorded. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Sherele Moody from the Red Heart Campaign which documents the killing of Australian women and children said: "This is not a victimless crime, every one of those women have had their privacy invaded. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It also means that if he does go on to become a doctor or a surgeon, his patients are not going to know what he's been up to and what he could potentially get up to." </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A few months ago he was arrested again this time secretly filming a woman in the public toilets at District Docklands shopping centre. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He confessed, pleaded guilty and again no conviction was recorded. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"How many women have to be subjected to a perpetrator of this type of crime, and he literally gets away with it," Moody said. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span> "How safe are the female students at that university right now?" </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span> A Melbourne University spokesperson wouldn't confirm if Cao is still a student due to privacy reasons but said the safety and wellbeing of staff and students was paramount. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We are committed to eliminating and preventing sexual misconduct from our community and have robust systems and supports in place for our students and staff," the spokesperson said. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Any experience of assault, sexual assault and sexual harassment within our university community is unacceptable."</span></div></div>