first UK jailterm for cyberflashing

From the «Score: 15-year old girl, 1. 39-year old perv, 0.» department:
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Title: Nicholas Hawkes, 39, Becomes First in England To Be Jailed for Cyber
Flashing
Author: msmash
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2024 14:40:00 -0400
Link: https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/03/19/1838200/nicholas-hawkes-39-becomes-first-in-england-to-be-jailed-for-cyber-flashing?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

A man has been sentenced for cyber flashing in England for the first time. From
a report: Nicholas Hawkes, 39, from Basildon in Essex, was jailed for 66 weeks
at Southend Crown Court today after he sent unsolicited photos of his erect
penis to a 15-year-old girl and a woman on 9 February. The older victim took
screenshots of the offending image on WhatsApp and reported Hawkes to the police
the same day. Cyber flashing became a criminal offence in England with the
passage of the Online Safety Act on 31 January. It has been a crime in Scotland
since 2010. The offence covers the sending of an unsolicited sexual image to
people via social media, dating apps, text message or data-sharing services such
as Bluetooth and AirDrop. Victims of cyber flashing get lifelong anonymity from
the time they report the offence, as it also falls under the Sexual Offences
Act.

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