A spiteful ex boyfriend took revenge by breaking into his partner's home and stealing her pet dog.
John Cox searched the victim's bedroom and found revealing photographs of her posing in underwear which he posted onto Facebook and invited her family and a neighbour to look at them.
Cox went round to the woman's home in a Devon village a few days after they split up on the pretext of retrieving his wellies from her shed but instead broke in through a back door which had been left unlocked so neighbours could keep an eye on her dog.
He stole the Jack Russell named Baby and rifled through the woman's bedroom until he found intimate photographs which had been taken of her modelling underwear by a previous partner.
He laughed as he showed them to a friend on the way home and then set up a Facebook account under a false name.
The first she knew about the break in was when her parents received a friend request and logged in to see the images. She called the police and Cox had deleted the page by the time officers arrived at his Cullompton home to arrest him.
They found the dog with neighbours and Baby has now been returned safely to the owner. The victim has been so shocked by the intrusion on her privacy she is planning to move as soon as possible.
Cox, aged 22, of Haymans Green, Cullompton, admitted burglary and his case was adjourned for a further probation report after Exeter Crown Court heard he is now receiving psychiatric therapy.
Mr David Bowen, prosecuting, said Cox was in a relationship with the woman for only six weeks and they had split up eleven days before the raid on her home in Clyst Hydon.
He pestered her with phone calls in the meantime and went to her home when he knew she was visiting her parents and it would be empty.
Mr Bowen said:"He purported to go to a shed to collect his boots but gained access to the house and searched her bedroom where he took photographs. He also took the little dog and its lead.
"When he was being driven away by a friend he showed him the personal photographs and said he thought they were funny. He went home and posted them on a Facebook page which purported to be in somebody else's name.
"It was through this posting on Facebook the victim and her family became aware something untoward had happened and they called the police.
"Police went to his home and found the photographs and dog lead and arrested him. They were on Facebook for about an hour or so and were taken down as a result of him becoming aware the police were involved.
"I am pleased to say the dog was recovered from the home of neighbours and the photographs were also recovered.
"The victim has made a personal statement in which she says nobody has the right to invade her privacy and is mortified that her pictures have been taken and shown to family and friends.
"She says she now feels insecure in her own home and plans to move."
Mr Adrian Chaplin, defending, said Cox is receiving therapy and being treated for depression. He said the offence arose from his immaturity.
He said:"While the photographs were personal and intimate to the extent that underwear was shown they were not pornographic and did not show gynaecological detail.
"They were put on a Facebook account with privacy settings so only those who responded to friend requests could see them. They were not available to the world.
"It was a spiteful act by this defendant at a time when he was far from well."
Judge Erik Salomonsen adjourned the case so the probation officer who prepared a report on Cox could consider medical evidence about the therapy he is receiving.
He told him:"The existing report is very critical and I would like the probation officer to have the opportunity of bringing it up to date."
