An "obsessed" delivery driver who had an affair with a woman sent a video of them having sex to her husband and 70-year-old mum on Christmas Eve.
Married dad Gheorge Lupu, 42, met his victim while working as a delivery driver in the Wirral area in December 2021, the LiverpoolECHO reports.
Lee Bonner, prosecuting, told Liverpool Crown Court how the pair had a brief fling, with Lupu filming them having sex on one occasion.
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When she attempted to end the romance, a "heated" argument ensued in her home. The court heard Lupu snatched the victim's phone from her in order to "manipulate her into having a relationship with her".
Lupu was said to have become "obsessed" with her, with his crimes apparently being an attempt to strongarm her into continuing their relationship.
Then on December 24, 2021, he sent the intimate pictures and videos to her husband and elderly mum.
These materials were not opened by the recipients following the complainant's intervention. But the episode was said to have caused "considerable distress" to the woman, who was left feeling suicidal as a result of Lupu's actions.
In a statement read to the court on her behalf, she said: "This whole life experience will have a lasting effect on the way I judge people and situations. It makes me sad that one person can have such a negative impact on my life.
"Hopefully, in time, it will get easier. I was flattered by the attention at first, but started to feel scared and threatened by him due to his volatile nature.
"I felt I could never be free from him. This whole experience has left me broken."
Lupu, of Ethel Street in Oldham, has no previous convictions. Vincent Deane, defending, told the court: "You are dealing with a man who is a family man.
"Certainly, he did not behave as a family man. He is a man, though, of good character.
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"He works very hard and very long hours. He works hard and is supportive of his wife and children, and he is lucky that his wife has stood with him throughout these proceedings."
Lupu, who was assisted by a Romanian interpreter in the dock, admitted disclosing a private sexual image and was found guilty of theft by a jury following a trial. He was jailed for 12 months and handed a five-year restraining order.
Sentencing, Recorder Richard Pratt KC said: "You became obsessed with her and felt affronted by her efforts to get you out of her life. You stole her phone with the intent to give you some leverage in your desperate attempts to pursue a relationship with her.
"You no doubt intended to maximise the distress and humiliation. I am not at all convinced, even now, that you understand the gravity of your actions and the harm you have caused."
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