A man who sent a woman an indecent picture and video of himself was arrested after she managed to discover his identity.
The shocked woman and her partner took to sleuthing on Facebook after she was sent sexually explicit material from the stranger on Snapchat.
Jak Masters, 35, was unmasked after being reported to police after they were able to piece together his true identity.
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Norwich Magistrates’ Court was told the woman, who had no connection to Masters, had received two obscene pictures of him exposing himself as he posed naked on November 4 last year.
After she replied calling him a “weirdo” she had received a video of him masturbating.
Prosecutor Lesla Small said: “She was with her partner and her young children when she received these unwanted indecent messages.
“Her children have access to her phone and could easily have seen them.”
Masters previously received a suspended sentence for committing indecent acts on Marriott's Way (Image: Newsquest)
Masters, of Barclay Road, Norwich, who pleaded guilty to sending indecent communications, was arrested after the woman contacted police with screenshots and his name and details.
Ms Small said he had “offered no explanation” why he had chosen to send the messages to the victim during a “no comment” police interview.
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The court was told he had several previous convictions for exposure and indecent behaviour dating back to 2011 and is still subject to sex offender notification requirements.
In 2012 he was sentenced to a suspended prison sentence for performing sexual acts on himself in front of student and a dog walker on Marriott’s Way.
Matt Diss, mitigating, said although the message could have been seen by the victim’s children they had not been and he had not committed any offences of a sexual nature since 2018.
Ordering a probation report, magistrates told Masters all options including imprisonment were open when he was sentenced on March 22.
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