Man jailed for sending pictures of ex to swingers website
A man who stalked his ex before hacking into her email account and sending explicit pictures of her to a user on a swingers website has bee jailed for two years Dundee Sheriff Court.
A man who stalked his ex before hacking into her email account and sending explicit pictures of her to a user on a swingers website has bee jailed for two years Dundee Sheriff Court.
Gordon Sime, 63, bombarded the woman with text messages and phone calls on a daily basis after they broke up - before being spotted lurking behind cars outside her house.
He then hacked in to her email account and sent pictures of him and his victim having sex to a random man on a swingers website - along with her phone number inviting him to "text if he liked them".
His betrayal was only uncovered when the man sent her a message confirming he had received the pictures.
A sheriff blasted Sime for painting himself as the "victim" in pre-sentencing reports, and said he had committed an "appalling, vile crime".
Fiscal depute Eilidh Robertson told Dundee Sheriff Court that when she enquired what the man was talking about he identified himself as a user of a swingers website and said he had been sent the sexual images of her.
Miss Robertson said: "She was alarmed as the email address used was indeed one of her own.
"She attempted to log in but however the password had been changed.
"She was able to answer the security questions and gained access.
"Within her sent box there were two messages sent to the man.
"Her face was not visible in either but she recongised them as ones she had consensually allowed him to take during their relationship.
"Attached to the second email was a message which read 'hope you like these ones. Give me a text if you like them' followed by her mobile telephone number.
"Police were informed and his home was searched on May 5, during which a laptop was seized.
"It was analysed and an extensive history was found of the accused 'hacking into' a number of email addresses belonging to her and reading her emails.
"There was also extensive evidence of the accused repeatedly changing her email account passwords.
"Other sexual photographs of her were found on the laptop and two of his mobile telephones.
"She had given these to the accused consensually during their relationship but had asked him to delete them at the end of the relationship.
"A notebook and pieces of paper were found at his address containing various usernames pertaining to the complainer's email accounts and online dating accounts."
Miss Robertson added that Sime had "bombarded" the woman with texts and calls "on an almost daily basis" after they broke up.
She then moved to a new address but kept it secret from Sime.
Miss Robertson said: "About 6.30pm on Saturday March 29 2014 she was at home when her son became aware of a dark green car parked opposite.
"It then pulled away and drove slowly past the house.
"Around 9.15pm her son again saw the same car but saw the accused exit the vehicle and approach the address surreptitiously.
"The son made his presence known and the accused walked back to the car, appearing to be trying to hide, crouching as he walked and attempting to enter the passenger side facing away from the address.
"The son went outside to challenge the accused who said that he was in a public place and that they should get an injunction if they wanted to keep him away.
"She was concerned that the accused knew where she was living as she had only moved there the previous week and as far as she was aware the only people who knew the address were her son and her sister."
Sime, 63, of Campbelltown, Argyll, pleaded guilty on indictment to a charge of stalking.
The offence took place between September 1 2013 and April 28 2014 at addresses in Errol, Perthshire, in Dundee and elsewhere.
Kevin Hampton, defending, said: "He is apprehensive about what could happen to him today.
"These were websites that they had used when they were together but he accepts he did wrong."
Sheriff Tom Hughes jailed Sime for two years and imposed a four-year non harassment order.
He said: "This required considerable planning on your part - it was not a spur of the moment offence.
"It had a very real impact on the complainer - she has been left depressed and insecure.
"The courts will not tolerate this and in view of the serious nature of the offence custody is inevitable."