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Sian Baldwin and Ayan Omar

What is cyber-flashing? First person in England and Wales convicted of offence

An Essex man has become the first person in England and Wales to be convicted of cyber-flashing. 

Nicholas Hawkes, 39, from Basildon, was arrested after a woman he had sent unsolicited photos of his exposed male genitalia on February 9 reported him to the police. 

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