{"id":32586,"date":"2024-03-20T02:04:34","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T20:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/englands-first-convicted-cyber-flasher-sentenced-to-5-years\/"},"modified":"2024-03-20T02:04:34","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T20:34:34","slug":"englands-first-convicted-cyber-flasher-sentenced-to-5-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/englands-first-convicted-cyber-flasher-sentenced-to-5-years\/","title":{"rendered":"England’s first convicted ‘cyber-flasher’ sentenced to 5 years"},"content":{"rendered":"

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England’s first convicted cyber-flasher was sentenced Tuesday to 5 1\/2 years in prison.<\/p>\n

Nicholas Hawkes, 39, a convicted sex offender who sent unsolicited photos of his genitals to a girl and a woman, was the first person in England and Wales convicted of violating the Online Safety Act.<\/p>\n

Hawkes admitted at an earlier hearing that in February he sent a photograph or film of genitals with intent to cause alarm, distress, or humiliation.<\/p>\n

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The woman who received the photos in February took screenshots and reported him to police.<\/p>\n

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Convicted sex offender Nicholas Hawkes was the first person in England and Wales convicted of violating the Online Safety Act.<\/span> (Sergei Supinsky\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Hawkes was on the sex offenders register after being convicted last year of exposure and sexual activity with a child under 16. He pleaded guilty Tuesday to breaching both a community order and suspended sentence he had received for the earlier offense.<\/p>\n

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The cyber-flashing law that went into effect Jan. 31 makes it an offense to send unsolicited sexual images by social media, dating apps, or technologies such as Bluetooth or Airdrop.<\/p>\n

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