UK woman jailed for revenge-porn post mocking ex’s genitals
A jilted British woman was slapped with a three-month jail sentence for posting a nude snap of her ex-lover — making fun of his manhood by adding laughing emojis.
“What the f— is that?” Yasmin Walker, 30, wrote on Instagram, where she shared the photo with her 1,300 followers after her ex broke up with her, the Scarborough News reported.
She posted the “sarcastic” comment about his shortcomings along with the three mocking emojis, the York Crown Court heard.
The man — who was at a movie theater when he received messages about the offending post — begged Walker to remove the image, which she eventually did after he threatened to call police, according to the news outlet.
Walker — who was charged with disclosing a private sexual photo with intent to cause distress — claimed in a series of WhatsApp messages that she had shared the image “by mistake” and didn’t mean to make it public.
She was found guilty in a trial at Scarborough Magistrates’ Court and was sentenced at the York Crown Court on Friday.
Defense attorney Graham Parker said Walker — who had four previous convictions for offenses including battery, threatening behavior and drunken driving — said his client had been suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder after abusive former relationships.
Parker said Walker was beaten so badly by one man that he received a 12½-year prison sentence for the attack, which caused her to lose vision in one eye and require facial reconstruction, the Scarborough News reported.
None of the abusive relationships were with the victim in this case.
Walker had claimed her poor vision led her to click the “wrong button.” Her claim was rejected during the trial, however, according to the report.
The lawyer also said Walker had been trying to kick a nine-year marijuana habit through a substance abuse charity.
At the sentencing, Judge Sean Morris told Walker that she had “disclosed, for countless people to see, a personal and very intimate photograph with a sarcastic comment next to it.
“That was sent to him when he was in the cinema … and he had to beg you to take it down,” he said.
“I’m afraid that this kind of crime needs to be deterred because cybercrime of this type, that causes people to have their most intimate details splashed around the world, have devastating effects on people, and the public need to know that this kind of crime is serious,” Morris added.
But the judge also said he was giving her a break with a reduced sentence because of her efforts to beat the pot habit and address her other issues.
“It’s going to be a short, sharp shock so that people know revenge pornography means prison,” Morris said.
via: https://nypost.com/2021/04/02/uk-woman-jailed-for-revenge-porn-post-mocking-exs-genitals/
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