The court was told that Hawkes borrowed his father’s phone, saying he needed to call the probation office, went in another room and sent photos by WhatsApp to a woman and by iMessage to a 15-year-old girl, who began crying. — Image by freepik
LONDON: England’s first convicted cyberflasher was sentenced March 19 to five and a half years in prison after sending unsolicited photos of his private parts to a teenage girl and a woman.
Nicholas Hawkes, 39, a convicted sex offender, was the first person in England and Wales convicted of violating the Online Safety Act, which went into effect Jan 31.
