An angry ex-girlfriend who ridiculed her former partner by sharing lewd photos of him in a case of revenge porn has avoided jail.

Sheila Thompson, 51, sent three explicit images of ex Andy Chapman to one of his friends and called him a 'tranny c***' on the Facebook page of his car washing business.

Mr Chapman said he was left 'embarrassed and ashamed' by the private snaps being seen by a third party, which showed him dressed as a woman.

Sheila Thompson, 51, pictured, sent explicit images of ex-partner Andy Chapman to one his friends

The revenge porn disclosure came at the end of a three-month 'campaign of spiteful behaviour' Thompson waged against the victim following an acrimonious split last year.

But she avoided a jail sentence at Bournemouth Magistrates Court and was instead handed a 12-month conditional discharge.

Mr Chapman, who is aged in his 40s, said afterwards that he had been denied justice.

He said: 'I wish she had pleaded not guilty so it would have been a trial. At least that way, I would have had my voice heard.

'There's been no chance for justice for me. The sentence is not justice.'

Thompson, an antiques dealer from Bournemouth, Dorset, and Mr Chapman had an 18 month relationship but things 'turned nasty' in August last year when it ended.

Mr Chapman said her behaviour became malicious towards him and then last September she sent three photographs of him to one of his friends.

He finally decided to go to the police after single mother Thompson targeted his business, car valeting firm No Messin on Facebook, writing on the company page that he was a 'tranny c***'.

Mr Chapman said: 'She was just so vindictive and spiteful.

'I'm lucky because I have great friends who have stuck by me for the whole ordeal, but I've been left a real mess.

'I'm still on antidepressants. It's been awful, but anyone who's going through something like this should speak to the police.'

Thompson pleaded guilty to disclosing private sexual photographs at Bournemouth Magistrates Court, pictured, and received a 12-month conditional discharge

Thompson pleaded guilty to disclosing private sexual photographs with intent to cause distress on September 25, 2015 at Bournemouth Magistrates Court.

As well as the conditional discharge, she was also ordered to pay a £15 victim surcharge and £85 costs to the Crown Prosecution Service.

Laura Higgins, operations manager for the South West Grid for Learning's Revenge Porn Helpline, said it was unusual to come across a male victim of the crime.

She said 75 per cent of the calls they receive are made by women.

She said: 'We think there are stigmas related to the male victims of this type of offending.

'When men do come to us, they really are in a lot of distress, and it's often got really out of hand.