A 21-year-old man has become the first person in Britain to be jailed for 'revenge porn' after he posted a naked picture of his ex-girlfriend on WhatsApp.
According to dailymail,Luke King uploaded the image of a certain girl, along with 'abusive and offensive remarks', to the online messaging service in August after the victim ended their three-year relationship.
He was jailed for 12 weeks today at Southern Derbyshire Magistrates Court and
given a restraining order which bans him from contacting the woman for two years - including over the internet.
King, from Nottingham, pleaded guilty to posting an explicit image on the internet in a course of conduct which amounted to harassment of the woman.
The woman, who has not been named for legal reasons, first alerted police after he threatened to post the explicit photographs online, the court heard. She said that she has been left 'disgusted' and 'really upset' after by his actions.
He was jailed for 12 weeks at Southern Derbyshire Magistrates Court and given a restraining order which bans him from contacting the woman for two years - including over the internet.
The sentence comes weeks after the Government published tough new guidelines on 'revenge porn'.
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