Vestershair musician ignored by the police after being cyberflash

A composer said that he was ignored by his local police force and was designed to feel “a nuisance”, as he was sent pornographic pictures and videos by a man, which he once got to work.

Anna Downs, who forgives his right to oblivion, said that cyberflashing needs to be taken more seriously and she feels forced to investigate the crime herself.

He reported this to the West Mercia police in September, but it took almost half a year in view of the arrest of Ben Ganari, convicted and two years of community order.

A force spokesperson said that he has apologized to Ms. Downs for the time taken to transfer his case to the Metropolitan Police.

The professional violin player and teacher from Versesterushair, a fellow musician, met Ganari, once in 2024 when he played in the same concert.

“I [then] Started receiving a group of messages that were removed. Ten of them sent at once, late at night, “he said.

“Then the next morning he was saying ‘Oops, Sorry, Smashed’.”

Then he got clear and indecent pictures and videos that make him look naked.

“I was just shocked and felt frightened and violated,” she said.

“I had a long time where I will struggle to sleep at night and every time I close my eyes, I will have to face these images again.

45 -year -old Ganari from Vaxhall in South West London performed music for films, visited the world and taught children and adults during his crime.

Ms. Downs immediately blocked her and told what happened to the West Mercia Police.

He sent force to images and links at his social media, website and work address and also told the Sangh of musicians.

“I thought, whatever I have read in the media, it will be taken seriously and dealt with,” he said.

Ms. Dows’s statement was taken and she was told that the case is most likely that she would be passed to the Metropolitan Police as the person lived in London.

There was no progress for several months.

From September to January, she was in touch with the West Mercia Police more than 20 times.

They told him that Mate would not accept the matter as he could not find out the man’s house.

The West Mercia police told him that Ms. Dows told her that he knew where he lives.

“It is just more and less an angry and less hope that anything will actually come,” he said.

In January, he contacted the BBC.

Then we came into contact with the two forces and within two weeks, the West Mercia Police transferred the case to the mate.

Within a week, Ganari was arrested, accused and produced in court.

In a test in May, he was found guilty of sending images to deliberately causes an alarm, crisis and insult.

The 45 -year -old told the court that he was struggling with cocaine addiction for four years, he could not miss a messaging and he meant to send images to his partner.

The court heard that she was first convicted of a similar crime in 2023, when she had sent indecent and aggressive images to a woman who met twice.

On Tuesday, Ganari was given a two -year community order, which included 150 hours of unpaid work and Judge Narmin Abdel Saeed told him that he would be sent to jail if he resumed.

The judge said that he should know that his actions will have an effect and his prey now feels “as” he has to look at his shoulder continuously “.

Cyberflashing, when criminals send unwanted clear images to people through an online platform, such as messaging application and social media, became a crime in UK in January 2023.

Got a yougov pole At the age of 18 to 34, four in 10 women received an unwanted sexual picture from someone who was not a romantic partner.

Ms. Downs said that she chose to speak to encourage others.

“It will be very easy for me to be just a figure,” he said.

“I have not done anything wrong. I was just doing my work. Ben Ganari chose me to send pornographic pictures. I did nothing to encourage that behavior.

“Most men are not like this and this behavior needs to be called out. It’s not anything I want to think is normal.

“It is very easy to feel some elements of shame and keep it with you. But right by going to the word, I determined that I was not going to do so.”

Ms. Downs said that she was motivated to carry forward the police to investigate her complaints from the experience of BBC correspondent Lucy Manning.

Lucy received sexually clear phone calls from a stranger, but his case was dropped by the police and only opened again The victims were done after the right to review.

After listening to Lucy’s interview at BBC Radio 2’s Jeremy Wine Show, Ms. Downs said she became more firm to get justice.

Ms. Downs said that she felt with her experience Sara Everrd’s killer Wayne Kuzance investigationA police officer who got out of duty, kidnapped, raped and murdered him.

Government Accepted the recommendations of investigation There should be a fundamental review of how indecent performance was treated.

But Ms. Dows said that she felt that her case was not a priority for the West Mercia Police.

“I think they are really closing me. I have reported this crime. It is the police job to investigate it,” he said.

“As the victim, I want to know that my crime is quickly and dealt with results.

“I felt gallit by the West Mercia Police. I was ignored and made me feel that I was a disturbance.”

A spokesperson of the force said that he understood his frustrations, apologized and gave him a “complete clarification” when he delayed his investigation.

An internal review concluded that the service of West Mercia was “acceptable” and the authorities complied with the policy, while the crime was being transferred to another force.

Met spokesperson told us that he regrets “any crisis caused by this delay” and admitted that there was a delay in confirming the man’s address.

A spokesman for the Wandsworth Council said Ganari was suspended from his teaching role and would not be re -employed by the college.