A deputy headteacher was fired after posting porn photos of her boyfriend’s ex-boyfriend on Facebook. It was part of a bitter feud about their new romance.
Antonia Traynor, 30, put an image of the woman’s breasts on the social media page with a message saying: ‘Now she is emailing Gaz her t*** FFS!’
The post said that the unnamed mother, who was once in contact with Gary Openshaw but had dated Traynor, was ‘humiliated, and upset’ by it.
She explained that she moved her family out of fear for their safety, and claimed she was humiliated after the photos were revealed to her parents at school.
Traynor was later arrested after being spotted making a throat slitting gesture towards the victim and telling her: ‘You are dead, you are f****** dead.’
She was fired from an unnamed school, and now she is claiming Universal Credit.
Traynor, Greater Manchester, was found guilty of disclosing intimate sexual photographs with the intent to cause distress and using threats at Manchester Magistrates’ Court.
She was instructed by the presiding magistrates to “sort herself out” and prohibited from contacting the victim for 12 consecutive months under a restraining or.
Antonia Traynor (right), Swinton in Greater Manchester, lost her job at deputy headteacher when she posted online images of Gary Openshaw (left) ex’s breasts
After Mr Openshaw began dating Traynor, a woman he had previously cheated on, the bitter feud began.
Mr Openshaw had been arguing with his ex-girlfriend on Facebook when Traynor sent him a message asking him to call her.
Later that evening an anonymous Facebook account known as ‘Deano’ from Manchester shared pictures of the victim’s breasts online with the caption: ‘Now she is emailing Gaz her t*** ffs’ with smiling and laughing emojis.
Later comments from Deano’ (which turned out to have been Traynor) said ‘freak friend’ and’stalker.
After the incident, the victim described herself as “humiliated and disturbed” and called police to report that she was distressed and extremely upset.
The victim, who is a mother to two children, stated in an impact statement that she was aware of the threats and that it had had a huge impact on her family. She also said that they had had to move their home because of it.
It is one thing to impact my life, but to upset my children is another.
“She has never apologized to me for her actions. This has been humiliating for me, and it has upset my family.
These photos were seen by parents at my children’s school, which has caused me a lot more distress. I feel ashamed.
“Anyone who does a good job needs to be aware of the possible damage that this can cause. It has caused me the most humiliation. She doesn’t seem to care about my humiliation.
The court heard Traynor threaten the victim in March, after learning about the revenge porn incident.
The complainant claimed that she picked her children up from school after being ‘blocked in by a furious Traynor, who was making frantic hand movements.
She said, “My immediate thought is that I made a driver’s error so I mouthed “sorry!” at her, but then it became clear that it was Antonia.
“She drove across the front my car and I could clearly see here looking right at me.
“I noticed the driver was only waving her hands in a frantic manner towards me. ‘I couldn’t hear exactly what she said but from what I could tell she was saying “you are dead, you are f****** dead”.
“She was crossing her thumb across her throat as a gesture. She was clearly trying to intimidate us. I now live in fear because of her.
Traynor (right) was later arrested after being spotted making a throat slitting gesture towards the victim and telling her: ‘You are dead, you are f****** dead’
Traynor denied wrongdoing, and the court heard she was accosted outside court by one of her prosecution witnesses prior to her sentencing hearing.
Darin Millar, defense lawyer, stated: “My client had been a head of school and was holding down an extremely difficult and responsible job. But she had just gotten out of an abusive relationship when he started dating her. She didn’t know what was coming.
“We do not deny that the photo was posted, but to place it in context, the complainant had sent abusive messages and threats to my client in an attempt to end the relationship.
“We believe this case was not handled evenly and my client was at breaking-point.”
‘She had a glass of wine, took antidepressants, posted a picture of the complainant’s breasts that had been sent to Mr Openshaw a few months earlier and said this is the kinda person making comments about me boyfriend.
‘It was a stupid drunken blunder, even though it is revenge porn.
“My client doesn’t want to minimize her actions. She accepts that she caused distress and humiliation. She admits that she was wrong.
“My client is now out of work as a result. It will be difficult for her to get a job again in education. She is receiving universal credit.
“Even after being convicted, the abuses and threats have not stopped. The complainant sent numerous messages, social media posts, and emails.
Traynor was also issued a 12-month community order and instructed to complete 150 hours of unpaid work. She must also pay £320 in costs and surcharges.
JP Ronald Marshall explained to her that although this case crosses the custody threshold, it falls under the community penalty bracket due to your good character.
Draw a line below this and you can sort yourself out.