Spurned worker 'posted on web fake porn photos of his colleague

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Davide Buccheri created fake pornographic photos of Ms Baker and posted them online, a court heard

Davide Buccheri, 25, allegedly took his revenge to discredit Rebecca Baker after she rebuffed his "unwanted romantic advances".

The fund manager's assistant is accused of carrying out a campaign of harassment over seven months when they both worked at leading investment firm M&G in London.

Prosecutors claimed yesterday he first targeted Miss Baker when she joined the company as an intern in September 2016.

Advances She agreed to go for a coffee with him but refused to give him her phone number, Hendon magistrates court in north-west London heard.

The defendant uploaded images of Miss Baker into galleries of pornographic females similar to Miss Baker

Prosecutor Aimee Emby told the court

Buccheri then allegedly sent her messages on the internal email system. They ranged from "gushy" to "threatening," said Miss Baker.

After she rejected his advances, he allegedly copied photos of her from social media pages.

Using the alias "Flying Gerbil", he uploaded them to an adult website alongside images of porn stars between April 15 and 21 last year, it was claimed.

He then alerted M&G's human resources department using an internal whistleblowing system.

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Prosecutors claimed Davide Buccheri first targeted Ms Baker when she joined the company as an intern

Miss Baker told the court she was left "devastated and embarrassed" when she heard her photos had appeared on the website. She said his messages to her had at first been "friendly and I felt obliged to keep it that way".

The 22-year-old added: "I felt bad for him in that I did not have his interest. I had made it quite clear that I wanted to maintain a professional relationship.

"He sent me a long, gushy email. He gave me his mobile number despite me not giving him mine. I felt uncomfortable." Another message told how "he was disappointed that I had broken his trust and I was lucky that he had been nice because things could have gone badly for me", she added.

Buccheri, an Italian who lived in London at the time but has since returned to Bologna, denies harassment without violence.

Prosecutor Aimee Emby told the court yesterday: "Between April 15 and 21, last year, the course of the harassment took a distinct turn.

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Davide Buccheri outside court yesterday

"The defendant uploaded images of Miss Baker into galleries of pornographic females similar to Miss Baker. "They were given names, which on at least one occasion had the name Becca in the title.

"The defendant contacted the human resources department reporting her for inappropriate conduct. "He reported her again, reporting the existence of pornographic images. This was done to cause her upset and harassment."

Miss Emby claimed Buccheri set out to cause the Durham University graduate serious distress between September 2016 and May last year.

The trial continues.

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