AN 'obsessed' student who tried to sell naked photographs of his ex-girlfriend in an act of revenge porn has been spared jail.

Milo Moran, 20, was 'motivated by jealousy' after his 14 month relationship with the Christchurch woman broke down in November 2017.

Moran hacked into her Facebook account to access her photos and monitor her personal messages.

The pictures he found included several nude ones of her which he saved without her consent, a court heard.

He also saved an explicit video clip of the victim.

Moran then contacted men she had been seeing and offered to sell them the naked images.

The 20-year-old discovered the betrayal when one of the men, who she was no longer seeing, told her about what her ex was up to.

After pleading guilty at an earlier hearing to a charge of disclosing private sexual photographs and films with intent to cause distress, Moran appeared at Poole Magistrates' Court for sentencing.

Despite hearing that the offence 'clearly crossed the custody threshold' he was handed a suspended sentence due to his 'high chances' of rehabilitation.

He was given an eight week prison term, suspended for 18 months, and ordered to pay the victim £300 in compensation.

Reading her victim impact statement, the young woman said the matter had caused her a huge amount of distress.

She said: "I lost sleep and I was scared that he may have posted them on a public forum. It was a complete invasion of my privacy.

"I constantly feel like I'm being watched, I check my online security daily and even then I still don't feel completely safe."

She added: "At first I thought he was jealous but now I think he has an obsession with me. I think it's really creepy."

The court heard that Moran and the young woman had been in a long-term relationship which ended in November 2017.

The images that he tried to sell were said to show the victim's 'top half' but one video did show her 'engaging in sexual activity'.

Eva Russel, mitigating, said Moran, a biology student at Cardiff University, suffered from mental health issues and that he had been 'consumed by guilt'.

She said: "This was his first serious relationship and he couldn't let it go. He started snooping and from there he sent images to men known to her.

"Jealousy in some ways played it's part.

"However, he has shown clear remorse and he has been consumed with guilt."

Handing Moran his sentence, magistrate Anne Ketteringham said: "This offence is so serious it crosses the custody threshold but given the high chance of rehabilitation your sentence will be suspended."

Moran was also handed a two year restraining order preventing any contact with the victim.