Jarrad Pavric found guilty of revenge porn and child sex offences against a teenage girl

The son of an Illawarra cop who had threatened to publish naked images of a 14-year-old girl online unless she agreed to sleep with him, has had to hear the impact of his grubby actions firsthand.

Jarrad Pavric, 22, arrives at Wollongong Local Court on March 23. Picture: Madeline Crittenden.

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Editor's Note: In September 2021, Mr Pavric was found not guilty after appealing to the District Court of NSW. Judge Penelope Wass found that the complainant was at times "unconvincing" and "unreliable". Judge Wass also found that the images sent by the complainant were not "intimate images".

A teen girl has described how a young Illawarra man brought anxiety, stress and fear to her everyday life, after he threatened to publish naked images of her online unless she agreed to sleep with him.

On June 17, the teen bravely told a Wollongong Court how Jarrad Pavric, the son of a serving Illawarra police officer, left her feeling ashamed and embarrassed after he threatened to release intimate images she had sent him in 2017.

“Today I’m a very different person than what I was at the time of the crime,” she said in a victim impact statement.

“I was once a confident, energetic person … now I struggle meeting new people and going to new places.”

Pavric, 22, was one of the first people in NSW to be charged under the government’s new ‘revenge porn’ laws, after he requested the 14-year-old girl send him intimate images of herself during a three-week period in September 2017, before he allegedly threatened to publicly release her pictures if she didn’t “give him a blow job” or let him “play with her tits”.

Jarrad Pavric. Picture: Facebook.

Pavric denied the allegations, sending the matter to hearing last year.

In March, Magistrate Mark Douglass found Pavric guilty of five charges, including two counts of threatening to distribute intimate content without consent, intentionally distributing images without consent and procuring a child for unlawful sexual activity, and groom child for unlawful sexual activity.

During the hearing last year, the court heard Pavric met the teenager via social media app Snapchat, and that they began talking before things became sexual.

He admitted he was the sole user of the account, which had the username “jazza97mate”, however, denied sending any intimate images of himself, asking the colour of the girl’s underwear, requesting nude photos of her or sending his own pictures in return.

The court also heard after the girl sent Pavric intimate photos, he blocked her, before contacting the teen on a different account, telling her the photos would be published if she did not “give him an oral sex” or let him “play with her tits”.

During the hearing, it was also alleged Pavric sent two of the intimate pictures to the girl’s cousin, telling them he was thinking of posting them to Instagram.

Police were informed, and they began an investigation, arresting Pavric and seizing computers, mobile phones and electronic equipment from his Horsley home.

He spent two nights behind bars following his arrest, before being granted strict court bail.

In his judgment, Magistrate Douglass said he did not find Pavric to be a credible witness, and that there was no evidence to support his claims someone hijacked his Snapchat account.

On Wednesday, the girl, through her victim impact statement, told the court the painful impact the hearing had on her and her family. She also told the court she now suffered from anxiety and had hand tremors.

“I flinch whenever I think I see him in public,” she said. “I feel embarrassed about the situation that occurred.”

In her statement, the girl said she was “forever changed as a person” and that she “wished the situation never happened”.

“I feel like I’ve missed out on many milestones like hanging out with friends, shopping, and having relationships with boys in general,” she said.

Pavric, who remains on bail, will be sentenced later this month.