Warning: This document contains links to suicidal thinking.
A gentleman received personal video from a person on a dating apps while chatting with her, which he knew were meant to be personal.
But, after they ended their conversation, the man started an unnamed website account and threatened the woman five times in a month.
The lady was pressured into sending another close photo of herself, but she eventually became so frightened that she had a panic attack and had depressive thoughts.
Terrell See Jun Jie, 25, was sentenced to 38 weeks ‘ jail on Tuesday ( Aug 13 ) for his crimes.
He admitted to three counts of threatening to disperse personal recordings, with additional two counts being considered.
THE Event
The victim met View on a dating software, whose identity is protected by a giggle order and whose facts were redacted from court records.
The victim deliberately sent Observe two personal videos of herself some time in 2021 while the two were talking on the app.  ,
One picture clearly shows her mouth, and the videos were sent with the knowledge that they were only intended for See’s seeing and not to be distributed.
Eventually, the victim ceased speaking with Notice for reasons that are not stated in court documents.
But, in June 2022, View wanted more personal videos or images of the target and , decided to use the two videos he already had to harm the victim.
See set up a Telegram accounts without his identifying information and sent the target two romantic movies of herself, threatening to deliver them if she did not send him more.
The woman initially blocked the account on Telegram, but she later learned that the person had blocked her because she did n’t realize that the person had contacted her was See.
The person then unblocked the consideration and accepted the risk by sending a picture of herself in a poseless state, partially blocked by her phone.
See created a new Telegram consideration on July 13, 2022, to demand more information from the target.
The victim once more guessed that it was the same man who had threatened her but did not know who was speaking with her.
She begged him to halt, but Discover continued with his threats. Frightened and distressed, the sufferer stopped replying.
After that, View created an Instagram accounts and sent a nude photo of the victim, knowing that she would accept this as a threat.
The girl guessed that it was the same man who had threatened her and reported it to the police on July 17, 2022.
Undaunted, See used a paid application to obtain an international phone number and use it to create a WhatsApp accounts. He threatened the prey on Jul 20, 2022.
He threatened the girl with a unique WhatsApp account the same day. He claimed that if she blocked him, she would be” trended” online, and that he would share her information and those of others who were related to her if she did n’t respond.
VICTIM TAKEN TO HOSPITAL
The target reported to the authorities again. After this, she suffered a panic attack and was taken to hospital by ambulance.
Following the abuse she had been subjected to, she was treated at the Institute of Mental Health for a panic attack and lively suicidal thinking.
The attorney sought nine to 11 months ‘ prison for See, noting the” serious problems” suffered by the sufferer that the” criminal need” See harboured for personal materials for his own sexual gratification.
The prosecutors said See had “weaponised” the movies he was formerly given, and his crimes were “highly planned and premeditated”.
” With each infraction, the accused used a various messaging app, mobile number and or accounts, behind which he hid anonymously”, said the counsel, adding that Notice had even gone to the amount of buying an international mobile range.
He said there was a degree of cruelty in See’s actions.
The prosecution argued that the absence of any final distribution of the explicit material would have been a separate offence if there had been.
Defence lawyer Mr N Divanan from Phoenix Law asked for a total of 28 to 32 weeks ‘ jail instead, saying his client had created the accounts to “reconnect” with the victim.
He claimed that there was no such thing as sophistication when creating the Instagram and Telegram accounts. Since the images sent to her were only shared by her and See, he added, the victim would have eventually developed at least a strong suspicion that the contact had been made.
The lawyer claimed that because of his client’s blockade, he was forced to create additional accounts.
For threatening to distribute intimate recordings, See could have been jailed for up to five years, fined, caned, or given any combination of these punishments.