In 2026, Ethan Orchard, a 30-year-old man from Southsea, was jailed for three years and four months after sharing doctored intimate images of women he knew and posting explicit abuse fantasies online.
Ethan Orchard, of Highland Road, Southsea, appeared in court for sentencing after pleading guilty to three counts of sharing a photograph of a person in an intimate state for sexual gratification and one count of encouraging the commission of an either-way offence. The court heard that Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabulary launched an investigation in January 2024 after a victim reported that over 100 images from her wedding day had been digitally altered to depict her nude or in lingerie and posted to a website. Orchard, who knew the victims, accompanied the uploaded images with graphic sexual and violent written fantasies and encouraged online users to harass one of the women.
Officer liaisons between Hampshire police and American law enforcement, including the FBI and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, revealed that the domain Orchard used was linked to an international network trading child sexual abuse material. US authorities subsequently seized over 1.1 million indecent images of children and identified dozens of victims globally. On 10 July 2026, Orchard received a custodial term of three years and four months for his offences against the three women in Hampshire.
In addition to his prison sentence, Orchard was made subject to a 10-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order (SHPO).
He was also handed an indefinite restraining order prohibiting any contact with the victims to ensure ongoing public protection and risk management.
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