Revenge porn victim speaks out after ex-boyfriend shared nude pictures with her new man
Victim Laura Bullock also saw images uploaded to internet porn sites
A TERRIFIED shop worker has told how she was almost driven to suicide after an ex-boyfriend sent her naked picture to her new man in a revenge porn plot.
Jealous Dale Shipley even let Laura Bullock's mum know about the photo in a sick two-year hate campaign.
The 21-year-old was so distraught by the humiliation that she was scared to leave her own home after she discovered the pictures had been uploaded to porn sites.
It is not known if he uploaded the images to the X-rated websites.
Bullying Shipley also branded Bullock a “slag” and “slut”.
Yet despite admitting the spiteful vendetta, Shipley, also 21, was spared jail and handed a community service order.
And he then wrote on Facebook: “Jesus f**king christ. Everything balances out right? Well my next relationship better be a diamond. Cause my past ones are like cautionary fucking tales."
Brave Laura has now admitted she considered committing suicide after the naked photo was sent to her new boyfriend.
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The shop worker, who lives in Fentom, Stoke-on-Trent, wants to warn people about the dangers of sharing intimate photographs and videos with their partners on social media.
She said: "When I found out about the photograph being sent to my boyfriend I didn't know what to do.
"I didn't know how I was going to be able to get on with my life.
"I thought about ending my life. I wanted to be knocked unconscious and not wake up until it was all over.
"I know it was stupid to send a naked photograph to my new boyfriend but I had sent it privately to my new boyfriend, to a person who I thought was so special and who made me feel so confident in myself.
"I've always lacked confidence in my body because I had spinal surgery when I was 16 and I have a scar all the way up my back.
"Getting naked is not something I enjoy. I don't do it for just anyone, only for someone special who I trust and feel confident with.
"I'd like to warn other people not to send anything like that over the internet. You might trust that person but you don't know what could change."
Shipley even told his victim’s mum about the intimate picture.
Julie Gallimore, 43, who lives with Laura, said: "We treated Dale like he was a part of the family, he came on holiday with us and he used to call me, 'mum'.
"Dale promised me he hadn't got the photograph and I told him I was not happy he had been on her account.
"I told him never to go on her account again and he promised me that was the end of it.
"But when Laura found out what he had done I have never seen anyone so upset. I was frightened to death that she was going to take her own life.
"That night she slept in my bed and I stayed awake all night watching her.
Laura has since split up with her new boyfriend and hasn't been in a relationship for the last year.
But remarkably the revenge porn victim says she has forgiven Shipley for his actions.
She added: "People say I'm stupid to forgive him but I want him to do well with his life.
"I just want him to learn from what he did and what he put me through.
"When she got up to go to the bathroom, I followed her because I was scared she was going to do something."
Shipley was told to carry out 80 hours community service after admitting disclosing the photo without consent at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court last Wednesday.
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