"He's still at risk, as is anyone with addiction but he's taking really positive steps to change those behaviours," he said.
Hooton was sentenced to eight months home detention and ordered to serve 100 hours community work.
The first offence came in May last year when Hooton was supposed to be undergoing a sentence of intensive supervision to address his deviant behaviour.
He was loitering by a checkout at Smith and Caughey's and security guards saw him kneel behind a female staff member and direct his cell phone up her skirt.
Not satisfied with that, Hooton spotted a woman in a short skirt and pursued her through the store too.
Again, security saw him squat down behind the victim and position his phone between her legs to take photos or video.
The second occasion - almost a year later - and the offensive behaviour charge, which came while awaiting sentence, had a "similarity of flavour" according to Judge Fraser.
He called it a "flagrant invasion of personal space" and said Hooton faced a lifetime of rehabilitation to ensure he did not relapse.
The judge made it clear that the opportunity he had given the defendant to turn his life around would not be repeated.
"Mr Hooton, you come back here again and clearly the tariff rises. There'll be no community-based sentence and you'll face a long period of imprisonment."
