Man charged with felony for reading wife's e-mail

A man could face up to five years behind bars for reading his wife's e-mails.

Prosecutors have charged Leon Walker, 33, with an anti-hacking felony normally reserved for identity theft or stealing trade secrets.

Leon Walker, Clara Walker's third husband, broke into his wife's Gmail account on her laptop and discovered she was having an affair with her second husband.

He then forwarded the damning e-mails to Clara Walker's first husband, who is the father of her young boy.

Leon Walker said that he had to do it for the sake of the child because the second husband was once arrested for beating Clara in front of the boy.

"I was doing what I had to do," he said. "We're talking about putting a child in danger."

Clara Walker's lawyers said Leon Walker, a computer technician, used his skills to violate his wife's privacy and took it one step further by using what he found against her.

After learning of her husband's digital spying, Clara Walker filed for divorce, which was finalized last month.

Her ex-husband is due in court Feb. 7.

by Perspective and QMI Agency