A JILTED lover became the first transgender person in Britain to be convicted of sending revenge porn pictures.

Jesse Hawthorne, 23, posted the explicit photos of his ex-girlfriend - after she broke-up with him when he had a sex change.

Hawthorne - who was born Jessica - was in a lesbian relationship with his victim for two-and-a-half-years before deciding to undergo a sex change.

But after they split Hawthorne - who now identifies as a man - uploaded the "extremely intimate" images of his former lover onto Facebook.

Hawthorne admitted disclosing private sexual photographs with intent to cause distress and was given a restraining order.

District Judge Smith-Jones told the court: "This was a very serious matter. It was more than just payback, it was revenge.

"You carried this out without regard to the thoughts and the feelings of the victim."

Hawthorne, of Caerphilly fell out with his ex-girlfriend who did not want him to have a sex change.

And the former college student went to her home in June last year to get back a puppy he had bought for her.

Newport Magistrates Court heard how his ex-lover's new partner threw him against a wall.

And the next day Hawthorne uploaded two revenge porn photographs onto Facebook.

Prosecutor Jamie Dewar told the Court: "He did it out of anger.

"The victim said she had sent the extremely intimate images to Jesse while they were in a relationship together.

"She felt distressed, alarmed, humiliated, and embarrassed by what she and all her Facebook friends saw."

Hawthorne - who has a lipstick kiss style tattoo on his neck - was sentenced to 16 weeks in prison suspended for a year.

He was also given a 25-day rehabilitation requirement and must do 150 hours of unpaid work.

Defence Barrister Rod Smith told the court: "She didn't wish Jesse to have gender reassignment so the relationship ended.

"Things got quite nasty between the parties.

"Over social media the victim and her friends called him a "f****** freak" a "f****** Frankenstein" and what was most hurtful due to Jesse's gender reassignment treatment a "dyke on roids"."

The offence of revenge porn became illegal earlier this year - with a maximum of two years jail.

Siobhan Blake, Deputy Chief Crown Prosecutor for the Crown Prosecution Service Wales, said: "I hope that this case serves as a further reminder that this type of vindictive behaviour is against the law and will not be tolerated.

"The distress caused by offences of this nature is considerable. Those who engage in this type of activity should be in no doubt that they can expect to find themselves in court."