A Newcastle antheral has been jailed aft helium threatened to nonstop intimate images of his erstwhile spouse to her friends and household earlier repeatedly flouting an apprehended unit bid by attempting to interaction her.
Ethan Henshaw, 31, connected Friday day appeared successful Sydney's Downing Centre Local Court, wherever helium learnt his destiny aft pleading blameworthy to sending his ex six videos and six images of her engaged successful intersexual acts and past threatening to leak them to those adjacent to her.
Wearing situation greens, Henshaw watched connected via videolink from Silverwater situation arsenic helium learnt helium would beryllium jailed for a bid of incidents that stretched from October until February and near his unfortunate feeling anxious, stressed and scared.
Henshaw was connected bail for the matters for which helium was sentenced connected Friday, but the tribunal was told that helium had been taken into custody connected remand successful May connected unrelated charges.
The car salesman pleaded blameworthy to threatening to administer an intimate representation without consent arsenic good arsenic 3 beaches of an AVO enactment successful spot to support his ex-girlfriend, who cannot beryllium identified.
The tribunal was told that the occurrence unfolded pursuing the breakdown of their relationship.
In October past year, Henshaw became aggravated with her pursuing an statement and helium sent her six images and six videos of her engaging successful intersexual acts from their clip together.
The tribunal was told that she past reached retired to 1 of Henshaw's friends asking him to talk to him.
Ethan Henshaw has been jailed aft trying to blackmail a woman. Picture: Supplied
Henshaw past relayed a connection backmost to the victim, via his friend, that helium 'may oregon whitethorn not nonstop the images' to her household and friends, the tribunal was told.
The pistillate reported the incidental to constabulary and helium was arrested astatine his Boolaroo home.
While Henshaw maintained helium ne'er intended to merchandise the images, magistrate Greg Grogin connected Friday said Henshaw was 'heralding' that it was a 'possibility'.
An AVO was enactment successful place, preventing him from contacting her; however, helium sent her a person petition connected Snapchat and a substance connection via the societal media application.
'I'm disquieted astir you, I inactive attraction astir you, ne'er stopped, volition ne'er not care, nary substance what,' the connection said.
The connection besides referred to the 'implications' and risks helium was taking by contacting her.
'This goes to amusement that erstwhile helium sent that connection helium knew helium was breaking the law, helium knew helium was opening himself up to prosecution,' Mr Grogin said.
The tribunal was told that Henshaw was further successful breach of the AVO erstwhile helium was recovered successful a parkland adjacent to the woman's address. When approached by police, helium claimed helium was conscionable taking his canine for a walk.
The car salesman pleaded blameworthy to threatening to administer an intimate representation without consent arsenic good arsenic 3 beaches of an AVO enactment successful spot to support his ex-girlfriend, who cannot beryllium identified
'Of each the parks, successful each the streets of NSW, helium conscionable happened to beryllium taking his canine for a locomotion 100m from (the victim's) home,' Mr Grogin said.
Henshaw besides attempted to interaction her via Telegram, sending her 37 messages and making 9 calls.
'She was truthful frightened and distressed that she had to instrumentality the time disconnected work,' Mr Grogin said, noting the pistillate was alarmed by his 'erratic' behaviour.
Henshaw's solicitor argued that the car salesman could beryllium sentenced to a community-based bid and spared full-time jail.
Henshaw wrote a missive to the tribunal successful which helium expressed his 'remorse' and 'disgust' with his actions.
However, Mr Grogin said Henshaw had an 'obsession' with the unfortunate and had violated the spot that existed successful their erstwhile relationship.
He said the assemblage needed to beryllium protected and Henshaw held 'accountable', adding determination was nary different due condemnation different than prison.
Henshaw was sentenced to 15 months successful jail, with a non-parole play of 9 months.
With clip helium had already served successful prison, helium volition beryllium eligible for merchandise connected February 15.
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