AN Itchen Abbas man has been jailed for publishing a private sexual photograph of a woman and contacting her in breach of a restraining order.
John James, 24, of Station Hill, had denied the allegations but changed his plea on the day of the trial.
Magistrates jailed him for 16 weeks after hearing that James had continued the offending in breach of previous sentences.
He was jailed for 16 weeks for contacting the woman on May 1 and ten weeks for publishing the photograph without her consent, to run concurrently.
Allegations of assault on the woman and threatening another were dropped with the prosecution offering no evidence.
James was ordered to pay £115 victim surcharge.
He was also in court for non-payment of a £120 fine imposed in February.
Because of the prison sentence the fine was remitted.
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