"He's well aware of the hurt and the harm his actions have caused," he said.

"He has learnt his lesson, something like this, being the first, and the resulting attention has been enormous. The impact upon him for moments of madness, a silly decision to hurt someone.

"As much as he's been struggling, I suspect that [the victim] has been struggling more."

In April, Brindley created five fake Instagram accounts in his former partner’s name over four days from his Spearwood home.

He posted seven images to the first account and when that was taken down, created four other accounts with a total of 10 images being posted.

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The images included nude shots, and identified the victim.

The court was told Brindley lashed out at his ex-girlfriend and uploaded the images on impulse after she described him as a “basket case” to friends, due to his mental health issues.

Mr Dobson said Brindley had since accepted what he did was wrong.

“He thought he could [lash out at her] in a non-violent way ... hurting her, but not really hurting her,” he said.

Magistrate Deen Potter found Brinkley’s abuse fell into a less serious category of 'revenge porn' offending, as he was motivated by retribution, rather than extortion or exploitation, or sexual gratification.

He said if Brindley had been found guilty of any other motive, he would have received a jail term.

“This [type of] conduct has caused a lot of people in the community a great deal of pain,” he said.

“What’s occurred is [the victim] has suffered terribly as a result.

“Her privacy, personality and self esteem has suffered.

“The type of embarrassment [the victim] has felt due to your behaviour has come back [to you],” he said.

WA's new revenge porn laws carry a potential jail term of up to three years and a fine of up to $18,000.

Under the legislation, an intimate image is defined as an image or video that shows a person in circumstances where they would reasonably expect to be afforded privacy.

For a woman, that definition includes exposure of their breasts or bare skin covered by underwear, or an image of them engaged in a private act.