City worker ‘pasted 22-year-old intern’s face on to porn photos’

Davide Buccheri (pictured) used photographs of his colleague and uploaded them to the porn site motherless.com

A City worker created fake pornographic pictures of a colleague and posted them on the internet after she rebuffed his advances, a court heard today.

Davide Buccheri, 25, was working for leading investment management company M&G as a fund manager’s assistant when he allegedly targeted Rebecca Baker.

The Italian made a series of ‘unwanted romantic advances’ when Ms Baker, 22, joined the firm as an intern in September 2016, it was said.

Buccheri invited her for coffee but Ms Baker hesitated as she felt uncomfortable before deciding to go, Hendon Magistrates’ Court heard.

He then asked for her phone number but she refused to give it to him and he later sent her messages on the firm’s internal email system, it is claimed.   

Buccheri then uploaded pictures of Ms Baker from her social media accounts and put them on the porn site motherless.com in what prosecutor Aimee Emby described as an ‘insidious’ campaign.

He used the pseudonym ‘Flying Gerbil’ to post the mocked-up naked pictures of her head on the bodies of female porn stars in a bid to discredit her, the court heard.

Buccheri then reported Ms Baker to the Human Resources department to embarrass her. 

Mr Emby told the court: ‘Between April 15 and 21, 2017 it is the Crown’s case that the course of the harassment took a distinct turn.

‘The Crown’s case is that the defendant uploaded images of Ms Baker into galleries accounts of pornographic females similar to Ms Baker on motherless.com.

‘They were given names, which on at least one occasion had the name Becca in the title.

‘The defendant contacted the Human Resources department using an internal whistle blowing system reporting her for inappropriate conduct.

‘He reported her again, reporting the existence of pornographic images. The Crown say this was done to cause her upset and harassment.’

The prosecutor said Buccheri, from Bologna, set out to cause the Durham University graduate serious distress between September 9, 2016 and May 29, this year. 

Davide Buccheri denies one charge of harassment without violence

The court heard Buccheri then reported Baker to the Human Resources department to embarrass her

The city worker (pictured) made a series of ‘unwanted romantic advances’ when Ms Baker, 22, joined the firm

Buccheri, who dressed in a smart black suit and tie when he attended court with his father and took notes as the case was opened.

He denies one charge of harassment without violence.

Buccheri’s LinkedIn profile suggests that he has worked for the company since he graduated from a 12-month rotational programme.

His profile also states that he graduated from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

M&G is an investment company managing the long-term savings of millions of people across Europe, Asia and the Americas.

According to their website, customers’ assets currently under their management total £281.5bn as of June 2017.

The trial continues.

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