An Irish man has avoided serving jail time after pleading guilty to posting an offensive status update on his ex-girlfriend’s Facebook page. The landmark case represents the first criminal prosecution for damages done to a social media account.
The 30-year-old man, hailing from the town of Donegal, was charged under the Criminal Damage Act 1991, which carries a maximum penalty of ten years in prison and a €10,000 fine.
The Defendant, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was acquitted by a jury last month of raping and falsely imprisoning the same woman in her home on the same date her Facebook page was defaced.
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