Flashing electrician sentenced

An electrician has been jailed after cyberflashing three women.

Liam Brodie, 34, received an inquiry about electrical work from a woman in September 2024 and agreed to visit her to provide a quote.

However, he became reluctant when he learned it would be the woman’s husband who would be meeting him.

The woman then noticed he had changed his profile picture from his company logo to his genitals.

She challenged Brodie, who claimed he had been hacked. The profile picture then changed to different photos of him naked.

In November 2024, a different woman contacted Brodie and, while arranging a quote for a job, he sent several images and videos of his genitals to her. She blocked him and reported the incident.

During investigation it transpired he had also sent unwanted photos and videos, along with strings of messages, to a former partner.

Brodie, of Barkhams Lane, Littleport, pleaded guilty to three counts of sending a photograph or film of genitals to cause alarm, distress, or humiliation.

He was sentenced at Huntingdon Law Court today (9 March) to two years in prison.

PC Coralie Skillings said: “Digital indecent exposure, or cyberflashing, is sometimes dismissed as 'funny’, but it's a form of sexual violence.

“Brodie maybe thought because he changed his profile picture rather than sending the image directly, he would get away with it. However, his intention for the women to see the photo was there and that is an offence.”

Under the Sexual Offences and Online Safety Act, it is illegal to intentionally send or share a photograph or film of someone's genitals if the sender intends for the recipient to experience alarm, distress, or humiliation.

This includes various forms of sharing, such as messaging, “Airdrops” or physical distribution. The law also covers images that may have been altered or manipulated to appear as intimate images.

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