Charity worker who swapped sex texts with her boss posted revenge porn on his wife's business page after he dismissed her

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In the dock: Kaylea Reid , 26, targeted Robert Page after they 'sexted' and she then lost her job after less than a year, Ipswich Magistrates' Court heard.

A charity worker has been convicted of a revenge porn offence after putting naked photographs of her ex-boss on his new wife's work Facebook page.

Kaylea Reid, 26, targeted Robert Page after they 'sexted' - before he got married - and she then lost her job after less than a year, Ipswich Magistrates' Court heard.

Reid has admitted disclosing private sexual photographs of Mr Page without his consent with the intention of causing him distress.

She could have been jailed for up to two years, but she was given a conditional discharge for six months and ordered to pay a victim surcharge fee of £20.

Magistrates made no order to pay compensation to her victim due to what they described as his 'provocative behaviour'.

Reid of Ipswich, who has mental health problems, started working for Affinity Trust, a learning disability charity in the county town of Suffolk, as a support worker in November last year.

The court heard that she split up from her boyfriend in March this year and Mr Page who was her manager became 'a shoulder to cry on'.

The pair exchanged 'flirtatious' texts and then moved on to intimate photographs on WhatsApp, prosecutor David Bryant said.

Paul Booty, for the defence, said when Mr Page got married, he texted Reid saying he wished she was his wife.

Upset: Reid felt she had been taken advantage of after she lost her job so posted the pictures on his wife's work Facebook page in October

The pair sent intimate private pictures but on October 5 this year, after Reid had lost her job at the charity, she posted two private sexual photographs of Mr Page on the Facebook page for Broadwater Tool Supplies.  

The court heard that Mr Page's new wife was a director of the business which supplies farmers and others across East Anglia.

Mr Bryant said up to 4,000 people could have seen the offensive Facebook posting.

Reid also tagged in Mr Page's colleagues on her posting so that they could see the pictures as well, he added.

Paul Booty, defending said Reid and Mr Page became friendly after her relationship with her boyfriend ended.

He added: 'He managed to get hold of her mobile phone number and then he started texting. The texts become flirtatious and things developed.'

Published: The prosecution said that the naked images posted by Miss Reid (pictured) could have been seen by 4,000 people on Facebook

When Mr Page got married, he texted Reid saying he wished she was his wife, said Mr Booty.

He said that Reid felt she had been taken advantage and now realised that she was 'foolish and naïve'

Mr Booty said that she posted the pictures because 'she was trying to be heard.'

He added that the case has caused 'just as much humiliation' for her as it had for Mr Page.

Speaking after the hearing, Miss Reid said that her friendship with Mr Page, 30, had started last March after she came out of a relationship with her boyfriend of eight years.

She said that the friendship with Mr Page developed with them exchanging messages on text and social media and progressed to them 'hugging, cuddling and kissing'.

It finally led them to 'fondling' each other last September just weeks after Mr Page had married Tara Linscer, 29, of Dickleburgh, Norfolk, she claimed.

Close: Miss Reod became close to boss Robert Page after she split from her boyfriend 

Miss Reid said: 'It was not really a relationship. He was really providing a shoulder for me to cry on - but he took advantage of me because he was a manager at my work.'

Miss Reid said she lost her job working for Affinity Trust in Stowmarket, Suffolk, on October 4, shortly before she had completed her first year in the post, meaning it was easy to lay her off.

She was told that she was being dismissed over her anxiety and depression issues, but she suspected Mr Page was party to blame for allegedly passing on concerns about her mental health.

Miss Reid who has never previously been in trouble with the law, said: 'I just felt angry and upset. I felt the whole world was coming down on me. I had previous reports saying how well I was doing at work and I felt I was being singled out.'

She said she posted the pictures on October 5, the day after she was dismissed because she wanted to prove to Mr Page's wife what had been going on between them.

Miss Reid said: 'When I first posted it, I didn't think anything of it. It is only when my mum said that I shouldn't have done it that I began to think I shouldn't have posted it.

'But I just wanted his wife to see that it was her husband. She can't deny the fact that it was him. He can't keep lying and getting away with it. He told me that he wanted me to be his wife, not her.

'I was so overwhelmed, upset and angry that I didn't know what to do. When you are angry, you do things don't you?'

Miss Reid said bosses at Affinity Trust told her to remove the pictures two hours after she posted them, but she ignored the request. She believes the pictures were finally taken offline by Facebook or Mrs Page later the same day.

Walking free: Miss Reid was spared jail and magistrates made no order to pay compensation to her victim due to what they described as his 'provocative behaviour'

She added: 'I am just a nice girl trying to live my life and I was taken advantage of. I was previously a KFC manager and this was my first caring job. I loved it because it was the best job I ever had and they took it away from me.'

The police contacted her three days after her Facebook posting to say that a complaint about her had been made and they would be contacting her for an interview. Officers then arrived at her home the following week to arrest her.

She said she was held in custody for 12 hours and wept as she told her story to officers, but was told she was being charged.

A spokeswoman for Affinity Trust said: 'This is a personal matter for the people involved in the case, none of whom are currently employed by Affinity Trust.'  

More than 200 people have been prosecuted since revenge porn laws were introduced in April last year, making it an offence to share private sexual photographs or films without the subject's consent. The vast majority of offenders prosecuted under the law so far are men.