The Star: September 15, 2016
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Thursday <strong>September</strong> <strong>15</strong> <strong>2016</strong> 9<br />
Home detention for<br />
posting naked image<br />
A CHRISTCHURCH<br />
man who posted a naked<br />
photo of his ex-girlfriend<br />
on social media because he<br />
was “unhappy” about their<br />
relationship coming to an<br />
end has been sentenced<br />
to eight months home<br />
detention.<br />
Thomas James<br />
Burborough, 28, was<br />
sentenced on charges of<br />
posting a harmful digital<br />
communication and<br />
possession of cannabis for<br />
supply.<br />
Judge Tony Couch said<br />
that Burborough had been<br />
in a relationship with a<br />
woman. While together<br />
they had each taken<br />
intimate photos of each<br />
other.<br />
Judge Couch said the<br />
defendant was unhappy<br />
when the relationship<br />
ended, so he sent<br />
the victim messages<br />
threatening to post<br />
intimate photos of her on<br />
social media if she did not<br />
meet him.<br />
On June 16 the victim<br />
complained to the police<br />
about Burborough. But as<br />
she was being interviewed<br />
by the police, he posted<br />
a naked photo of her on<br />
Instagram.<br />
Judge Couch said what<br />
Burborough had done had<br />
been “highly distressing to<br />
the victim.”<br />
He said the distress<br />
was “aggravated by the<br />
name [of the victim] you<br />
attached to the photo”.<br />
Three days later police<br />
searched Burborough’s<br />
house and found 400g<br />
of high-grade cannabis,<br />
separated into nine “deal<br />
bags”, and scales for<br />
weighing the drug.<br />
Judge Couch said the<br />
defendant admitted that<br />
he had bought the drug to<br />
sell.<br />
<strong>The</strong> judge said that<br />
posting the photo online<br />
had been a “gross breach<br />
of trust”, as it had been<br />
taken “in the course of an<br />
intimate relationship”.<br />
<strong>The</strong> judge said given the<br />
fact that the defendant<br />
had “expressly told her<br />
the photo was online”, it<br />
was clear it was posted<br />
“with the express purpose<br />
of humiliating her and<br />
causing her distress”.<br />
Judge Couch began<br />
with a sentence of 22<br />
months for the two<br />
offences, adding two<br />
months because of the<br />
pre-meditation around the<br />
drug offending.<br />
However, a five-month<br />
discount was given for<br />
Burborough’s guilty<br />
pleas, and two one-month<br />
reductions for his remorse<br />
and lack of previous<br />
criminal history.<br />
Arriving at a final<br />
possible jail sentence of<br />
<strong>15</strong> months, the judge<br />
imposed an eight-month<br />
term of home detention<br />
on the basis that it was an<br />
“appropriate remedy” for<br />
the offending.<br />
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