Nicholas Hawkes, 39, from Essex, convicted under new Online Safety Act after sending images of genitals
Photograph: Essex police/PAPhotograph: Essex police/PAThe first person in England to be convicted of a cyberflashing offence has been jailed for 66 weeks.
Southend crown court heard on Tuesday that Hawkes asked to use his father’s phone to call probation. He went into another room, where he sent the indecent photo via WhatsApp to a woman in her 60s. Minutes later, on the same device, he sent an explicit image to the child over iMessage, who was said to have been left “overwhelmed and crying”.
Despite his previous offending, Hawkes has reportedly not received any treatment. Though he was offered 12 appointments with a psychiatrist, he never received them as the waiting list was too long, the court heard.
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