A serial Peeping Tom notorious for snapping cellphone photos of women in public restrooms proved to be camera shy himself in court Thursday.

James Bradley Josey III, 28, appeared in Knox County Criminal Court at a hearing to consider whether to revoke his probation for alleged violations of the state sexual offender registration requirements.

The hearing was reset to April 23, but at Thursday's appearance, Assistant Public Defender Patrick Leonard raised an objection as soon as News Sentinel photojournalist Calvin Mattheis began taking photos of Josey in his orange jailhouse uniform.

The News Sentinel had filed a required written request in advance of the hearing, and Mattheis had permission to be in the courtroom with his cameras.

Typically the court's clerk notifies the attorneys after a judge gives permission for a photographer to be present. Leonard, however, said the court did not notify his office that media cameras would be present.

"We're entitled to notice," Leonard said after the hearing. "We didn't have any notice."

Judge Bob McGee ruled that no photography would be allowed during Josey's hearing, even though the law presumes that media should generally be given access to court proceedings.

Since 2011, Josey has been convicted on charges stemming from six peeping incidents across Knox County. He also has numerous convictions for criminal trespassing.

Among his crimes, he pleaded guilty in 2011 to sneaking into the YWCA women's shelter downtown and recording cellphone footage of a woman in her apartment shower.

Josey, who has remained jailed since his latest arrest in January, faces a misdemeanor charge of invasion of privacy for allegedly spying on a woman in a locker room shower at the Planet Fitness on North Broadway.