Stalker jailed for sending victim AI-generated nude images

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 19 Oct, 13:07 · Archive

Jakob Ward, 28, was jailed for 32 months after sending a woman AI-generated nude images and packages containing her underwear and his semen.

Jakob Ward, 28, has been jailed for 32 months at Winchester Crown Court, Hampshire after a stalking campaign involving AI-generated intimate images. Ward created a fake Instagram profile and sent his victim AI-generated photographs of her wearing underwear, followed by an AI-generated nude video. When she asked to be left alone, he replied that he had items belonging to her and sent her location details, requesting to meet.

Ward then sent the woman a series of packages. The first contained AI-generated intimate messages, her own underwear, and a bag containing his own semen. A second package held more of her underwear and sex toys. Police identified Ward after tracing DNA from the semen. While the woman was at a police station reporting the harassment, she received another message from the anonymous account saying: 'Don't worry, I'm not a threat.'

In a statement to the court, the victim said the campaign destroyed her sense of safety and left her genuinely terrified for her life. She said the belief that someone might break into her home was particularly frightening. After the first parcel arrived on August 3, she slept with a knife under her pillow. The judge described the stalking as 'despicable, depraved' and 'completely incomprehensible'. Ward was also made subject to a 10-year restraining order and was said to have shown no serious remorse.

How it is being reported

• 'Depraved' stalker who sent victim AI-generated video of herself naked is jailedJakob Ward, 28, started harassing the woman using an Instagram alias, sending an image of her wearing underwear followed by a nude video - both faked using artificial intelligence.Daily Mail · 19 Oct, 12:47
• Stalker jailed after sending victim AI generated imagesA court heard Jakob Ward was caught because he sent her a bag containing his own semen and police were able to trace the DNA back to himThe Independent · 19 Oct, 10:21

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