PETERBOROUGH MAN JAILED FOR STALKING AND REVENGE PORN
A 35-year-old man stalked his ex-partner and posted explicit private photos of her online after the relationship ended.Joshua O'Reilly began stalking the woman last year.
O’Reilly was sentenced to 34 weeks in prison on Tuesday, August 16 at Cambridge Crown Court after previously admitting charges of stalking, disclosing private sexual photographs without consent to cause distress, and failing to surrender by not appearing at court.
He's also been given a 10-year restraining order.
Mr O'Reilly started calling her place of work multiple times daily after they broke up.
Due to the constant phone calls, the woman was moved to another office and O'Reilly was reported to the police for harassment, and he received a caution.
In September, the woman received further calls, but this time to her mobile phone from an unknown number throughout the day and night, leading to O'Reilly's arrest.
The woman had received several hundred calls in the space of eight days.
Detective Constable Lloyd Davis, who investigated the case, said: “O’Reilly’s behaviour was obsessive and was impacting not only the victim and her family, but her co-workers too.
“I would like to commend the victim’s bravery in coming forward and standing up to O’Reilly, this took some strength which has paid off in the end".
O’Reilly was released on court bail, however further offences surfaced when the victim saw 14 intimate images of her on a website, including her full name and place of work.
A police investigation traced the image posting back to O'Reilly after they discovered the IP address was registered to his home address in Antonia Grove, Cardea, Peterborough.
Detective Constable Davis added: “Legislation was brought in about seven years ago to enable us to take action against perpetrators of ‘revenge porn’.
I hope today’s sentencing sends out a clear message that we will pursue offenders and put them before the courts.
"Advice for victims of stalking and harassment can be found online here, including information on revenge porn".
