A 20-year-old North Vancouver man who sent a sexual image of his teenage ex-girlfriend to her friend will not face criminal consequences.
Instead, the man recently agreed in North Vancouver provincial court to enter a one-year peace bond agreeing not to contact the girl or go near her home or school.
The man was originally charged under a section of the criminal code that makes it a criminal offence to knowingly transmit an intimate image of a person without consent. That charge was dropped Nov. 5 in favour of the peace bond, meaning the man will not have a criminal record.
In court, Crown prosecutor Lindsay Herron told the judge the incident happened more than a year ago, following the couple鈥檚 breakup. The man was 18 at the time and his ex-girlfriend was 14.
During their relationship, intimate photographs were taken, said Herron. When they split up and the girl began to date someone else, she started to get phone calls and texts from her ex-boyfriend, threatening to send one of the images to her new boyfriend.
The ex-boyfriend sent a photo to a female friend of the teen instead. While parts of the photo had been blurred, the girl still recognized herself and was very upset, Herron told the judge.
Police were eventually called.
The two have had no contact since, said Herron.
The man鈥檚 lawyer, Hollis Lucky, said his client understands 鈥渢he alleged actions were inappropriate.鈥�
Lucky said his client did give a statement to the police, but 鈥渢he statement was of someone who was immature and did not understand what he was doing could potentially have been an offence under the criminal code.鈥�
He added his client does not have a criminal record.
