Man jailed for threatening to post intimate images of ex on Facebook

45-year-old pleaded guilty to threatening to publish or distribute an intimate image with intent to cause harm 

Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard that the man and the woman were in a brief relationship, which she ended in November 2021.

A man who threatened to post intimate images of his former partner on Facebook and send them to her mother has been jailed for 10 months.

The 45-year-old, who can't be named to protect the anonymity of his victim, pleaded guilty to threatening to publish or distribute an intimate image with intent to cause harm on a date in December 2021. The maximum sentence for this charge is seven years.