A First in Court: Dissemination of Confidential Images, Received TL 2.4 Million Compensation

An unidentified 48-year-old woman, He won a landmark Supreme Court case last month in which the judge found him the victim of “official harassment.”

According to the Daily Mail report, this case It was the first reported civil case of its kind after it was revealed that her ex-partner had used a hidden camera to post nude images of her on adult sites.

The High Court ruled last month that Stuart Gaunt, 57, should pay the victim £2.4 million (£100,000) in compensation, in a legal first.

The woman, on the other hand, said she used the money she received from the landmark case to remove her images online so she could be a “beacon of hope for victims like her.”

LIFE BECAME A NIGHTMARE

The woman said she met Gaunt on Tinder in 2016, describing him as “friendly” and “weird”. The two lived together a few months later, and the victim later met on the computer; She said she found footage of him sleeping, in the shower or cleaning the bathroom.

After images taken with microscope cameras Gaunt was found guilty of voyeurism in September 2020 and received a two-year suspended sentence. However, the woman explained that despite her conviction, this did not stop her images from continuing to appear online.

In last month’s landmark ruling, the victim explained how she was diagnosed with anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder after horrifying revelations.

The court has since ordered a reputation management company to remove images of the woman. Consequently, mIt has been announced that the entire internet will be scanned for any copies of the material and images, and the resulting images will be removed.