Theresa Toli: Bexley nurse pleads guilty to sending intimate images of friend
A single mother from Sydney’s south has “humiliated” her friend when she sent three intimate photos to 10 people after a money dispute.
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A single mother and nurse has ‘humiliated’ her friend when she sent three intimate images of her to 10 people following a money dispute.
Theresa Toli, 35, pleaded guilty to intentionally distributing intimate images without consent and was due to be sentenced in Sutherland Local Court on Wednesday.
Agreed facts tendered to court said Toli and the woman had a dispute over money with Toli then sending three photos of the woman to a man.
One photo showed the woman’s breasts, in the second she was wearing a bra but no shirt and in the third she was naked and had a T-shirt covering her breasts and lower body.
The man messaged the victim and told Toli had sent him her photos.
Three days later the victim reported the images to the police and told officers she did not give Toli permission to disseminate the photos.
The victim said her boyfriend had her permission at the time to take the photos and she was unaware how Toli got a copy of them.
The following day Toli was arrested and she admitted to sending the three photos to two people.
Officers checked her phone and found she had sent the same three images of the victim to 10 people via Facebook messenger and WhatsApp.
The police noted the recipients of the messages laughed at the photos Toli sent and it appeared she sought amusement from sending the images.
In court, Toli’s lawyer Louise Correy said the offending was “out of character” for her client who was “remorseful” and accepted responsibility.
Ms Correy told the court Toli was sent the images by members of the victim’s family and she “stupidly” sent the photos to other people.
She said her client was a single mother and had previously been a victim of domestic violence.
The court heard Toli worked as a nurse and she understood she would lose her job if convicted.
Magistrate Jillian Kiely said the victim would have felt “utter humiliation” and was the subject of “derision and amusement” by the recipients of the images.
“That is horrendous,” she said.
Ms Kiely ordered a sentence assessment report and the case was adjourned to August 23.
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