A woman was "disgusted" after her former partner called her a "selfish cow" and threatened to send revenge porn to her friends.
Daniel Philip Diack, 32, appeared in the Dunedin District Court yesterday after earlier pleading guilty to threatening to kill and breaching a protection order.
The court heard that on Christmas Day, Diack messaged his ex-partner wanting photos of their 2-year-old child and a video call.
But Diack was not happy with that arrangement and threatened to send explicit videos of her to her friends unless she complied.
He called the victim a "selfish cow" and a "ho", among other offensive names.
Once she got home, the woman set up a video call between her daughter and Diack.
She was wearing a large T-shirt that the defendant thought must belong to a man.
This angered him and he said to his daughter, "I hope you don’t turn into a slut like your mother".
Then he threatened to stab his ex-partner to death.
In June last year, Diack narrowly avoided imprisonment after breaching his sentence the day it was delivered by offending against the same woman.
After leaving court, he promptly made a Facebook post referring to the victim’s address, making hateful accusations.
He launched a verbal tirade against the protected person, bragging about his community detention sentence online.
Yesterday, the court heard the victim was "disgusted" that Diack would say such spiteful things in front of their daughter.
She said she felt scared and the court heard the offending had a profound effect on her.
Counsel Anne Stevens KC said her client knew his actions were detrimental to everyone involved, but he was impulsive and overcome by his emotions.
She said since the offending, Diack had plenty of time to consider his actions while remanded in custody and was now medicated for ADHD.
Judge David Robinson said the defendant’s history was extensive, featuring 53 previous convictions.
The defendant had three previous breaches of a protection orders and the judge said imprisonment was the only appropriate sentence.
"This was a threat made by you that was precise and specific ... it was meant to be taken seriously," Judge Robinson said.
He sentenced Diack to 16 months’ imprisonment, which would see him released shortly due to his time spent on remand.
