A beauty therapist who had an affair with a married man posted revenge porn pictures to his wife on her birthday.
Agne Balciene, 38, then posted the images of her secret lover on social media sites after the break-up of their illicit relationship.
Dundee Sheriff Court was told that Balciene had taken umbrage after discovering that her two-year affair was being denied by her lover’s wife.
Sheriff George Way deferred sentence for background reports, noting there was “a lot of disquiet about this type of behaviour”.
Rumours
Fiscal depute Christine Allen told the court that the accused and her 38-year-old lover had both been married to other people when they met.
She said the relationship continued for around two years before it eventually came to an end around the start of 2020.
The award-winning beauty therapist had heard that the man’s wife had been denying rumours of the affair within the Dundee-based Lithuanian community.
When the wife received a number of messages to wish her a happy birthday in August 2020, Balciene decided to reveal the truth to her.
Mrs Allan said: “She received a private message from the accused at around 2am which stated ‘Happy Birthday’ and had photographs attached.
“The accused then went on to post them publicly on Facebook.”
Sent photos ‘in a moment of madness’
The 38-year-old wife was sent a picture of her husband wearing boxer shorts and tied to a staircase bannister, and a second one of him showering.
Solicitor John Boyle, defending, said: “It was a moment of madness, contributed to by the fact she had had a quantity of alcohol.”
The post was reported to police and Balciene, Lismore Terrace, Dundee, admitted posting revenge porn to her love rival at her address in Dundee on August 16 2020.
She admitted threatening to and posting intimate photographs of the married man without his consent to his wife and publicly online. She admitted threatening to post more graphic images to cause fear, alarm or distress.
Sheriff George Way deferred sentence for the preparation of social work reports.
He said: “There’s a lot of public disquiet about this type of behaviour so it is not capable of being dealt with only by a fine.”
