Cyber flashing is now punishable by up to two years in prison.
Nicholas Hawkes sent the indecent images on WhatsApp A man who sent a nude image of himself on WhatsApp pleaded guilty to two incidents of cyber-flashing, in the first prosecution of its kind. Nicholas Hawkes, 39, from Basildon, Essex, has been convicted of cyber-flashing after targeting a woman and a teenage girl with pictures of an exposed penis. He plead guilty to two counts, appearing in the dock at Southend Magistrates Court on Friday, February 9.
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