A man who stalked his ex-partner before hacking into her email account and sharing "revenge porn" pictures of her has been jailed for two years.

Gordon Sime, 63, bombarded the woman with text messages and phone calls on a daily basis after they broke up, before being spotted lurking behind cars outside her house.

Sime then hacked into her email account and sent pictures of him and his victim having sex to a man on a swingers website, along with her phone number inviting him to "text if he liked them".

His victim discovered the betrayal when the man sent her a message confirming he had received the pictures.

Fiscal depute Eilidh Robertson told Dundee Sheriff Court that when the victim inquired what the man was talking about, he identified himself as a user of a swingers website and said he had been sent the sexual images of her.

Ms Robertson said: "She was alarmed as the email address used was indeed one of her own. She attempted to log in however the password had been changed.

"She was able to answer the security questions and gained access. Within her sent box there were two messages sent to the man.

"One was sent on April 12, 2014, and contained a naked female, not the victim.

"The other was sent on April 30, 2014, and contained one intimate photo of her and one of the accused and her having sex.

"Her face was not visible in either but she recognised them as ones she had consented to him taking during their relationship.

"Police were informed and his home was searched on May 5, during which a laptop was seized.

"It was analysed and an extensive history was found of the accused 'hacking into' a number of email addresses belonging to her and reading her emails.

"There was also extensive evidence of the accused repeatedly changing her email account passwords."

Ms Robertson added that Sime had "bombarded" the woman with texts and calls "on an almost daily basis" after they broke up.

She then moved to a new address but kept it secret from Sime.

Ms Robertson added: "About 6.30pm on Saturday March 29, 2014, she was at home when her son became aware of a dark green car parked opposite. It then pulled away and drove slowly past the house.

"Around 9.15pm her son again saw the same car but saw the accused exit the vehicle and approach the address surreptitiously.

"The son went outside to challenge the accused who said that he was in a public place and that they should get an injunction if they wanted to keep him away.

"She was concerned that the accused knew where she was living as she had only moved there the previous week and as far as she was aware the only people who knew the address were her son and her sister."

Sime, 63, of High Street, Campbeltown, Argyll, pleaded guilty on indictment to a charge of stalking.

The offence took place between September 1, 2013, and April 28, 2014, at addresses in Errol, Perthshire, in Dundee and elsewhere.

Kevin Hampton, defending, said: "He is apprehensive about what could happen to him today. These were websites that they had used when they were together but he accepts he did wrong."

Sheriff Tom Hughes jailed Sime for two years and imposed a four-year non-harassment order.

He said: "This required considerable planning on your part, it was not a spur of the moment offence. It had a very real impact on the complainer, she has been left depressed and insecure.

"The courts will not tolerate this and in view of the serious nature of the offence custody is inevitable."

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