Weirdo tradie who cyber-flashed girls with genital WhatsApp profile pics put behind bars
Liam Brodie, 34, sent unsolicited sexual images to three women in 2024 while they tried to arrange quotes for work by changing his WhatsApp profile picture to genital photos
The weirdo tradesman cyber-flashed three women by switching his WhatsApp profile picture(Image: Bloomberg, Bloomberg via Getty Images)
A tradesman who cyber-flashed three women by switching his WhatsApp profile picture from his business logo to his private parts has been imprisoned.
Liam Brodie, 34, bombarded the women with unwanted messages in 2024 whilst they attempted to secure a quotation for work. Brodie insisted he had been hacked when confronted by one woman who noticed his profile picture had been replaced with an image of his genitals, the court heard.
He had grown hesitant after discovering it would be the woman’s husband meeting him in September 2024. The profile picture subsequently changed to various photographs of him unclothed. In November 2024, another woman contacted Brodie and, whilst arranging a quote for work, he transmitted multiple images and videos of his genitals to her.
She blocked him and reported the matter.
During the investigation it emerged he had also transmitted unwanted photographs and videos, alongside streams of messages, to a former partner.
Brodie, of Littleport, Cambs, pleaded guilty to three counts of sending a photograph or film of genitals to cause alarm, distress, or humiliation.
He was sentenced at Huntingdon Law Court on March 9 to two years in prison.
PC Coralie Skillings said: “Digital indecent exposure, or cyberflashing, is sometimes dismissed as ‘funny’, but it’s a form of sexual violence.”
Brodie maybe thought because he changed his profile picture rather than sending the image directly, he would get away with it.
“However, his intention for the women to see the photo was there and that is an offence.”
Under t Under the Sexual Offences and Online Safety Act, it is unlawful to deliberately send or share a photograph or film of someone’s genitals with the intention of causing the recipient alarm, distress, or humiliation.
This encompasses various methods of sharing, including messaging, “Airdrops” or physical distribution.
The legislation also applies to images that may have been modified or manipulated to resemble intimate images.
