Sentencing — blackmail — posting harmful digital communications — name suppression — Criminal Procedure Act 2011, ss 200 & 202. The defendant appeared for sentence on charges of blackmail and posting harmful digital communications. He and the victim had been in a relationship, and when the victim ended it the defendant had responded with a series of threatening messages aimed at pressuring the victim into returning money and various gifts. The offending was aggravated by abuse of trust, vulnerable victim, repeated and persistent offending, and major victim impact. In mitigation the defendant was of otherwise good character, was a first-time offender, had been subject to restrictive bail conditions, and had pleaded guilty. The start point for sentence was two and a quarter years' imprisonment, and discounts for mitigating features reduced the sentence to one of six months' home detention plus emotional harm reparations of $3000. The Court granted both the defendant and the victim name suppression. Judgment Date: 6 November 2020. * * * Note: names have been changed to comply with legal requirements. * * *