Female Kimberley District police officer denies ‘revenge porn’ charge

The first woman to be charged under WA’s new ‘revenge porn’ laws is a Kimberley District police officer. The 30 year old Kimberley District officer made her first appearance in the Broome Magistrates Court this morning, charged with distributing an intimate image last month. She pleaded not guilty to the charge and the matter has been adjourned back to Broome Magistrates Court for trial on August 26. In a statement released this morning, WA Police said the officer had been stood aside from operational duty. Last month, the first man to be charged under the laws pleaded guilty in Fremantle Magistrates Court to distributing an intimate image of another without consent. Brindley admitted creating social media pages in his ex-girlfriend’s name after they broke up and posting intimate images of her on the pages. Today, he was handed a 12-month intensive supervision order.