No jail for man who threatened to publish intimate photos of girl online

On July 5, 2021, the man put up the pictures online for 24 hours, according to gardaí. File photo

A young man who threatened to publish intimate pictures of a girl he met on Snapchat has received a suspended jail sentence.

The 24-year-old appeared at Donegal Circuit Court having pleaded guilty to threatening to publish intimate pictures of a person intending to cause them harm. The young man's victim was a then 17-year-old girl from Co Donegal whom he had befriended on Snapchat.