39-year-old Nicholas Hawkes, a UK sex offender, received a 5.5-year prison sentence as England's first convicted 'cyber-flasher' for violating the Online Safety Act.

England's first convicted 'cyber-flasher' was sentenced to 5.5 years in prison for violating the Online Safety Act. Nicholas Hawkes, 39, a sex offender, sent unsolicited photos of his genitals to a girl and a woman, marking the first cyber-flashing conviction in England and Wales. Hawkes, who was already on the sex offenders register for previous offenses, admitted to sending the explicit images with the intent to cause alarm and distress.