The Star: September 15, 2016

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Home detention for
posting naked image
A CHRISTCHURCH
man who posted a naked
photo of his ex-girlfriend
on social media because he
was “unhappy” about their
relationship coming to an
end has been sentenced
to eight months home
detention.
Thomas James
Burborough, 28, was
sentenced on charges of
posting a harmful digital
communication and
possession of cannabis for
supply.
Judge Tony Couch said
that Burborough had been
in a relationship with a
woman. While together
they had each taken
intimate photos of each
other.
Judge Couch said the
defendant was unhappy
when the relationship
ended, so he sent
the victim messages
threatening to post
intimate photos of her on
social media if she did not
meet him.
On June 16 the victim
complained to the police
about Burborough. But as
she was being interviewed
by the police, he posted
a naked photo of her on
Instagram.
Judge Couch said what
Burborough had done had
been “highly distressing to
the victim.”
He said the distress
was “aggravated by the
name [of the victim] you
attached to the photo”.
Three days later police
searched Burborough’s
house and found 400g
of high-grade cannabis,
separated into nine “deal
bags”, and scales for
weighing the drug.
Judge Couch said the
defendant admitted that
he had bought the drug to
sell.
The judge said that
posting the photo online
had been a “gross breach
of trust”, as it had been
taken “in the course of an
intimate relationship”.
The judge said given the
fact that the defendant
had “expressly told her
the photo was online”, it
was clear it was posted
“with the express purpose
of humiliating her and
causing her distress”.
Judge Couch began
with a sentence of 22
months for the two
offences, adding two
months because of the
pre-meditation around the
drug offending.
However, a five-month
discount was given for
Burborough’s guilty
pleas, and two one-month
reductions for his remorse
and lack of previous
criminal history.
Arriving at a final
possible jail sentence of
15 months, the judge
imposed an eight-month
term of home detention
on the basis that it was an
“appropriate remedy” for
the offending.
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