A spurned mistress who posted revenge porn footage to her secret lover's spouse has been ordered to hold out 100 hours unpaid group work. Magnificence therapist Agne Balciene had an affair with a married man and despatched graphic footage of her illicit lover to his spouse on her birthday.
Balciene, 38, then posted the pictures of her secret lover on social media websites after the break-up of their two-year lengthy relationship. Sheriff George Means mentioned: "It is rather clear what occurred and I feel it's a slip that Ms Balciene won't make once more.
"Nevertheless, the character of the offences and their influence - which she maybe minimises - imply that for denunciation and deterrence, there must be some unpaid work. I'm happy that the aim of this crime was revenge and hurtfulness and so forth, and that there was no sexual ingredient vital sufficient to require registration."
Dundee Sheriff Courtroom was instructed that Balciene had taken umbrage after discovering that her prolonged affair was being denied by her lover's spouse. Fiscal depute Christine Allen instructed the courtroom that the accused and her 38-year-old lover had each been married to different individuals once they met.
She mentioned the connection continued for round two years earlier than it will definitely got here to an finish across the begin of 2020. The award-winning magnificence therapist had heard that his spouse had been denying rumours of the affair inside her area people in Dundee.
When the spouse acquired quite a few Fb messages to want her a cheerful birthday in August 2020, Balciene determined to disclose the reality to her. Mrs Allan mentioned: "She acquired a non-public message from the accused at round 2 am which acknowledged 'Glad Birthday' and had images connected.
"The accused then went on to put up them publicly on Fb." The 38-year-old finance employee was despatched an image of her husband carrying boxer shorts and tied to a staircase bannister, and a second one in every of him showering.
Solicitor John Boyle, defending, mentioned: "It was a second of insanity, contributed to by the very fact she had had a amount of alcohol." The put up was reported to police and Balciene, Lismore Terrace, Dundee, admitted posting revenge porn to her love rival at her tackle in Dundee on 16 August 2020.
She admitted threatening to, and posting, intimate images of the person with out his consent, to his spouse, and publicly on-line. She admitted threatening to put up extra graphic photographs to trigger concern, alarm or misery.
Sheriff Means mentioned: "There's numerous public disquiet about the sort of behaviour so it's not able to being handled solely by a superb." He confiscated the accused's cell phone.
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