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‘REVENGE PORN EX SENT SEX PICS TO HER DAD’ He refused to accept it was over, court told

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A MAN posted intimate videos of his young ex-girlfriend in a revenge porn attack – including sending some to her dad, a court heard.

Alex Hughes, 40, refused to accept his relationsh­ip with the student was over and put the intimate recordings – which he made without her knowledge – on social media, it was claimed.

The University of West of England student met her ex-lover on a foreign trip and had a secret relationsh­ip with him because she was unsure about their age gap.

But when she later tried to end the affair, Hughes is alleged to have started an onslaught of revenge porn attacks. recordings and photos of her online.

Hughes bombarded the student with emails and sent her threatenin­g messages online, as well as trying to contact her through Instagram accounts, Bristol Crown Court heard.

It is also claimed he phoned and visited the student’s family home and tried to contact her friends through Facebook.

The student, who cannot be named for legal reasons, told the court: “I didn’t know DENIAL: Alex Hughes the recordings had been made. It was horrible.”

She also told the jury: “I was horrified, I would break down and cry. There were pictures of me and him.

“There was also audio – a couple of conversati­ons, but the majority was of me and him having sex.

“I hated the idea he was putting it out there so that anyone could click on it and anyone could hear it.”

Hughes, of Liverpool, denies any intention of causing the then teenager stress by disclosing private sexual photograph­s without consent.

The trial continues.

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