In the first order by a British court of its kind, a 24-year-old man has been ordered to wear a fluorescent jacket when he ventures out at night.

The man, Stephen Cooper, pleaded guilty to voyeurism in a British court after he confessed to peeking into a woman's window on the night of Jan. 11. Judge Peter Dedman of the Southend Crown Court ordered him to wear a jacket until his final sentencing in May.

The Daily Mail quotes Dedman as saying, "I think it is appropriate such an order should be made for the protection of the public - in particular women alone, either at home or work or in the street, and also for his own protection to stop him offending."

The diamond driller, of South Ockendon, Essex, admitted he crept into a woman's garden and spied on her through a crack in her curtains.