A 21-YEAR-OLD man has become the first person to be convicted of sharing sexy snaps without consent.
ason Asagba threatened to post the intimate images of a 20-year-old woman on social media.
Research by the Press Association has shown police are investigating a record high number of revenge porn cases.
Other victims have spoken out about how their ex's betrayed their trust and posted saucy naked or semi-nude private snaps online after they split up.
Asagba sent the saucy snaps to members of her family and posted them on Facebook.
The 21-year-old, of Romford, Essex, admitted the offence on May 16 at Reading Magistrates' Court in Berkshire.
He carried out his revenge porn exploits just three days after it became a criminal offence to share nude sexy pictures and footage online without the consent of everyone featured.
Detective Constable Steven Rose of Thames Valley Police said: "This was an extremely distressing case for the victim.
"However with these new powers, anyone found committing these offences will be dealt with by the court.
"We believe that this is the first conviction of the new offence in the country, which highlights the fact that Thames Valley Police takes this crime extremely seriously and will investigate such reports."
Asagba has been bailed to appear at the same magistrates' court on August 7 for sentence.
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