A musician already on the sex offenders register has been imprisoned for sending over 200 unsolicited pornographic images and videos of himself to women, marking his third conviction for similar offences in three years.
Ben Gunnery, 46, was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment, suspended for two years, at Bromley Magistrates’ Court on 9 February after pleading guilty to two counts of sending photographs of genitals to cause alarm, distress and humiliation.
The court heard Gunnery was subject to notification requirements as a registered sex offender when he committed the latest offences, having been convicted of similar crimes in 2023 and July 2025. Despite these previous convictions and being monitored under sex offender regulations, he continued targeting women with unwanted explicit material.
Between June and October 2025, Gunnery sent 200 videos and images to a woman he did not know personally. She told him the material was unwanted and instructed him to stop sending it, but he continued the cyberflashing campaign.
On 15 November 2025, he sent a different woman an unsolicited sexually explicit video of himself. She reported the offence to police the following day, triggering an investigation that uncovered the earlier campaign of abuse against the first victim.
The Crown Prosecution Service received the case file from Metropolitan Police on 19 November 2025 and charged Gunnery within hours through the out-of-hours CPS Direct service. He pleaded guilty at his first court hearing on 20 November 2025.
In addition to the suspended prison sentence, Bromley Magistrates’ Court imposed a five-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order on Gunnery, drug and alcohol rehabilitation requirements, and a two-year restraining order relating to one victim. He will remain on the sex offenders register for 10 years.
Adrita Ahmed, District Crown Prosecutor for CPS London South, stated: “Cyberflashing is a serious offence and Ben Gunnery’s actions have had a significant impact on the victims. Their sense of safety was violated by the sexual images Gunnery sent which were not asked for, not welcome and not harmless.”
Ahmed highlighted the swift action taken by prosecutors: “We acted swiftly in this case, charging the defendant hours after we received the file from police.”
Siobhan Blake, CPS National Lead for Rape and Serious Sexual Offences, stated: “Every person deserves to be free from sexual abuse, including when it comes to using technology. Today, our people have once again proven that perpetrators of this type of abuse will not be tolerated, and offenders will be held to account.”
Detective Inspector Pender, who led the Metropolitan Police investigation, described Gunnery’s actions as “a sustained and deeply intrusive pattern of offending that caused significant distress to his victims.”
“His actions were deliberate, harmful, and completely unacceptable. I hope today’s sentencing sends a clear message that cyberflashing is a serious offence and will be treated as such,” Pender stated.
The detective inspector commended the victims for coming forward: “Their willingness to report what happened, and to support the investigation, has been vital in bringing Gunnery to justice for these disgraceful crimes.”
Detective Inspector Pender revealed that the Metropolitan Police has trained 250 specialist investigators over the past five years to strengthen capabilities in securing digital evidence for cases involving digital stalking, intimate image abuse and cyberflashing.
“This growing expertise is enabling stronger Met investigations and improving the protection we provide to women and girls,” Pender stated.
The CPS prosecution applied for both the restraining order and Sexual Harm Prevention Order due to the nature of Gunnery’s offending and his status as a repeat offender. The SHPO will place restrictions on his behaviour for five years beyond the completion of his sentence.
The case demonstrates enhanced coordination between police and prosecutors in cyberflashing cases, with charging decisions made within hours of files being submitted. The swift action from investigation to conviction took just five days from the second victim’s report to Gunnery’s guilty plea.
