This National Police stoped Alicante to a 19 year old crime against privacy after his girlfriend shared intimate images of a friend remove them from your cell phone the victim who lent the phone for a moment when you asked him to make a call.
Agents of the Technological Crimes Group, affiliated with the Alicante Provincial Judicial Police Brigade, launched an investigation after an 18-year-old girl complained in mid-July that she had learned that some of her photos were of a sexual nature. and when he was a minor, they were the property of various acquaintances without sharing it.
Investigators began collecting the necessary data to find out who the person who spread these photos was and how they got them, and concluded that the victim had met with some acquaintances at a friend’s house, where they had spent the entire night, days before the complaint. .
borrowed cell phone
At a certain moment that night, an acquaintance of the complainant, the boyfriend of a friend, wanted to borrow his cell phone, claiming that his battery was dead and he needed to make an urgent call. The young man went to the bathroom to carry out the call in question, and after lingering for a few minutes without leaving the bathroom, he complained. It seemed strange that it took so long to make the call. and was suspected of spying on its contents. However, when he went out and picked up the phone again, he did not observe anything strange.
The unpleasant surprise came the next day, when the young woman received a call from a friend and reported that several sexually explicit photos had been sent to a group of several people. The friend also stated that the person who spread them without his consent was an acquaintance who had borrowed his mobile terminal the previous day.
The police allegedly concluded that the detainee wanted the victim’s mobile phone, taking advantage of her goodwill and the fact that the terminal was unlocked and freely at her disposal to access all kinds of files and photos. Up to 21 private photos of the complainant were sent to his/her own phone, These were taken when the girl was still young.
Hours after the false call, the young man sent some of these images to an instant messaging group shared by others hours later, and so agents arrested him for allegedly committing crimes against privacy after he was identified and located. The detainee is a 19-year-old Spaniard who was presented to the Alicante duty court.
Police warnings against “sexting”
To prevent these crimes, the National Police has a private video of another person should not be shared. It doesn’t even need to be spread with the intention of reporting the situation; Otherwise, we may commit a crime.”
They also point out that in case of being a victim of such an act, the greatest amount of evidence should be collected and the National Police should be contacted as soon as possible.