Man fined for leaking nude photographs of ex-girlfriend in first cybercrime sentencing in St. Vincent

A 23-year-old laborer has turn into the primary particular person in St. Vincent and the Grenadines to be efficiently prosecuted below the nation’s cybercrime regulation which was handed amidst controversy in 2016.

On Tuesday, on the Calliaqua Justice of the Peace’s Courtroom, Kervin Hunt was fined for leaking nude photographs of his ex-girlfriend, an 18-year-old nursing pupil, to a WhatsApp group of her classmates.

He pleaded responsible to a cost of violation of privateness, specifically that he deliberately and with out lawful excuse, transmitted by means of a pc system, the picture, and movies of the non-public areas of the 18-year-old pupil with out her consent, opposite to the Cybercrime Act.

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The information of the case are that Hunt and the nursing pupil have been in a relationship which led to January. The complainant went to Hunt’s residence to gather her garments and he took her cellphone, an iPhone 11, from her and stored it for 2 weeks.

Throughout that point, Hunt forwarded nude photographs of the complainant from the machine to the complainant’s class chat.

For that offence, the Justice of the Peace, Zoila Ellis-Browne ordered Hunt to pay a tremendous of EC$1,000 (One EC greenback = US$0.37) in a single month or spend three months in jail.

Hunt was additionally charged with damaging one iPhone 11, valued at US$499.99 and one HP laptop computer, valued at US$299.99.

He was ordered to compensate the complainant within the sum of EC$500 by February 15 or spend three months in jail. If he fails to pay the sums, the sentences will run concurrently.

Hunt confronted a most penalty of EC$100,000 or to imprisonment for 2 years or each.

If the matter had been heard earlier than the Excessive Courtroom, he might have confronted a tremendous of EC$250,000 or imprisonment for 5 years or each.

In February 2018, Catisha Pierre-Jack, of Decrease Questelles, grew to become the primary particular person to be charged below the Cybercrime Act when prosecutors introduced a cost of libel by digital communication towards her.

She pleaded responsible however later modified her plea to not responsible after securing authorized counsel.

Then, in September 2018, the prosecution withdrew the matter after protection counsel Kay Bacchus-Baptiste advised the court docket that the complainant, Pierre-Jack’s sister, Crystal Pierre had “recused herself from the matter” and had written a letter to the court docket saying she had no intention of continuing with the matter.

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