A teenage male model was spared prison ‘by the skin of his teeth’ after secretly filming himself having sex with a girl and sharing it with his friends.
DETAILS OF THE INCIDENT
Milo James, 19, led the girl to believe that she was at the beginning of a new relationship when he took her virginity on her 18th birthday.
The pair had sex twice and during the encounter James, from Cheshire, used his phone to secretly record the pair before sending a ‘bragging’ 12 second video clip to 18 friends via Snapchat.
The girl, who cannot be named, was so devastated at discovering private videos of her had been shared that she dropped out of a college degree and lives in fear in her hometown.
COURT SENTENCING
At court, James who pleaded guilty to disclosing private sexual photographs or film with the intent of causing distress, faced up to 18 months in jail.
However, he was spared jail and was sentenced to nine months in prison, suspended for two years.
HE LIED TO THE VICTIM
James had invited the girl back to his home after her 18th birthday party at a cricket club and the pair proceeded to have consensual sex.
At Chester Crown Court, it emerged she had seen James with a mobile phone during their night together but when she challenged him about filming her he flatly denied it.
The following day, the girl was told by a friend that a number of people had been sent the video.
She confronted James about it at his home but the 19-year-old refused to come out of the house and instead messaged her on Snapchat, admitting some people had seen the clip but promising to delete it.
However when police recovered his phone, they found the 12 second clip which had been sent to 18 of his friends at around 1.30am.
