A POWYS man has been ordered to complete 50 hours of unpaid work after he sent a Moonpig card containing a naked image of himself with a woman to another man.

The incident had been described as a drunken “prank” by Joshua Rees-Bradley, who drove more than 60 miles to retrieve the card from the address he had sent it to the day after posting it.

Rees-Bradley, 26, drove from his home address of Brynheulog, Rhayader, to Kidderminster on September 22, 2021, and even called police to tell them what he’d done.

He previously admitted one charge of disclosing a private sexual photograph with intent to cause distress to his victim between August 28 and September 23 last year.

At his sentencing hearing at Llandrindod Wells Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, May 11, prosecutor Scott McCrimmon said the Moonpig card was sent to a friend’s address for the attention of another mutual friend. “The next day the defendant turned up at this address and had taken the card away,” said Mr McCrimmon.

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“The defendant made full admissions to police, saying he was intoxicated at the time.”

The picture showed the complainant naked on a bed lying on her front.

A victim impact statement from the complainant was read out at the previous hearing in which she said: “I felt betrayed by Josh. I was embarrassed as I had to take screenshots of the images for the police. I am still embarrassed to this day about the incident.”

In police interview, Rees-Bradley admitted sending the card “as a prank”, saying he was intoxicated when he did it.

Michael Davies, acting for Rees-Bradley, told Wednesday’s hearing: “The card was not opened. The mutual friend didn’t open it and he retrieved it from her house.

“The victim only saw it when she logged into his Moonpig account.”

At the original hearing, Mr Davies had said his client realised it was “totally inappropriate”.

“He went to Kidderminster to retrieve the card; no-one saw it, apart from the defendant and the person at Moonpig who created the card,” said Mr Davies.

“The victim only became aware of it because she’d logged into the defendant’s Moonpig app and saw what he’d done.

“He has shown considerable remorse – he even rang the police to tell them what he’d done.”

The unpaid work Rees-Bradley has to complete is part of a 12-month community order magistrates made. He must also pay £85 costs and a £95 surcharge.