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Man jailed for posting sex images of ex-partner online | Man jailed for posting sex images of ex-partner online |
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A man who posted sexual images of his former girlfriend online as he stalked her via social networking sites has been jailed for four months. | A man who posted sexual images of his former girlfriend online as he stalked her via social networking sites has been jailed for four months. |
Shane Webber, 23, from Nottingham, sent photographs and personal details about Ruth Jeffery, 22, to her family and strangers. | |
Webber admitted one count of harassment at an earlier hearing at Southampton Magistrates' Court. | Webber admitted one count of harassment at an earlier hearing at Southampton Magistrates' Court. |
Miss Jeffery said she was devastated by Webber's actions. | Miss Jeffery said she was devastated by Webber's actions. |
Outside court she said even if Webber had received the maximum jail sentence magistrates could impose - six months - it would not have made up for the hurt she had been caused. | Outside court she said even if Webber had received the maximum jail sentence magistrates could impose - six months - it would not have made up for the hurt she had been caused. |
She said: "I am extremely pleased with the outcome. The maximum sentence in a magistrates' court will never make up for the hurt he had put me through but I am pleased I can now put it behind me. | She said: "I am extremely pleased with the outcome. The maximum sentence in a magistrates' court will never make up for the hurt he had put me through but I am pleased I can now put it behind me. |
'Cruel and calculated' | |
"I was absolutely devastated when I found out it was him. I could not believe it was Shane. I did not want to believe it." | "I was absolutely devastated when I found out it was him. I could not believe it was Shane. I did not want to believe it." |
Miss Jeffery said she had been "intentionally controlled, belittled and harmed" by Webber, and that his behaviour was "cruel and calculated". | |
The court heard Webber also tried to implicate one of his friends, Lee Evans, by putting the posts in an email address bearing Mr Evans's name, leading to his arrest. | The court heard Webber also tried to implicate one of his friends, Lee Evans, by putting the posts in an email address bearing Mr Evans's name, leading to his arrest. |
Webber was only found out when Miss Jeffery's family made their own enquiries and the emails were traced back to him. | Webber was only found out when Miss Jeffery's family made their own enquiries and the emails were traced back to him. |
Miss Jeffery, a computing science student at Loughborough University, said her family suspected it was Webber but she could not comprehend how he could do such a thing. | |
In mitigation, solicitor Janet Grey said: "He realises, for the first time, the devastating impact this has had on Ruth and her family." | |
District Judge Anthony Callaway said the offence was a "gross violation of Miss Jeffery's privacy". | District Judge Anthony Callaway said the offence was a "gross violation of Miss Jeffery's privacy". |
He also imposed a five-year restraining order on Webber prohibiting him from contacting Miss Jeffery or posting images of her online. |