Vic man threatened ex with intimate photo

A Melbourne man has been denied bail after he allegedly threatened to share an intimate photo of his ex-girlfriend on the internet.

A Melbourne man who allegedly threatened to share an intimate photo of his ex-girlfriend online before calling her 200 times in one day has been denied bail.

The 26-year-old was subject to a family violence order when he allegedly texted the woman on June 28, asking her to take him back.

"Two days later the victim received a photograph of an intimate nature," Senior Constable David Lee told Melbourne Magistrates' Court on Saturday.

"The accused threatened to post that photograph online."

The following day the man, from Melbourne's west, allegedly called the woman more than 200 times, despite her pleas for him to leave her alone.

The accused later spotted the woman at Mynt Lounge in Werribee and tapped her on the shoulder but was told to go away.

He allegedly followed her around the nightclub before threatening one of the woman's male friends in the car park with a flick knife.

He was arrested that night and on Saturday applied for bail, saying he was only seeking closure and he would not contact her again.

"She just left and I didn't know anything about it ... but I've got my answers now," he said.

But magistrate Robert Kumar denied his bail, saying he posed too much of a risk to the community.

The man is charged with threatening to distribute an intimate image, contravening a family violence order and other offences.

National domestic violence helpline: 1800 737 732 or 1800RESPECT. In an emergency call triple-zero.


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Published 8 July 2017 3:08pm
Source: AAP


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