A man has been convicted and ordered to pay a woman emotional harm reparation after taking naked photographs of her without her knowledge and posting them on Facebook.
Hastings man Ubon Ritthisri, 48, appeared in the Hastings District Court yesterday morning after pleading guilty to one charge of making an intimate visual recording.
Police had executed a search warrant at Ritthisri's house after he posted naked photos of his sexual partner on Facebook.
He had met the woman at a motel in Hastings and taken naked photographs of her without her knowledge. He went on to post them on Facebook after the relationship fell apart.
In explanation, he had said he thought it was okay to do this in New Zealand.