Gay escort jailed after blackmailing a married businessman – Daily Telegraph
‘John Walker, 29, sent the victim’s wife a picture of her husband on a hotel bed wearing a pair of knickers.’
Daily Telegraph, 4th October 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Category: blackmail
Pumpkin cyanide blackmailer Michael Young jailed – BBC News
‘A lorry driver who attempted to blackmail a Lincolnshire pumpkin farmer by telling him he had poisoned his crops has been jailed.’
BBC News, 26th September 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Man jailed after using explicit images of ex-wife in £2m blackmail bid – The Guardian
‘A British man who married the daughter of an American billionaire has been jailed for 12 years after plotting to extort £2m from the family by posting sexually explicit photos of her online.’
The Guardian, 28th July 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Millionaire businessman wins gagging order over alleged sex parties – Daily Telegraph
‘A multi-millionaire businessman has won a permanent ban on a former friend and business colleague from exposing details of alleged sex and drugs parties.’
Daily Telegraph, 7th May 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Chauffeur jailed over ‘amateurish’ attempt to blackmail the Qatar royal family for £600,000 – The Independent
‘A chauffeur who tried to blackmail the Qatar royal family for £600,000 after finding private photos left in the back of his car has been jailed for four and a half years.’
The Independent, 3rd May 2015
Source: www,independent.co.uk
Cheating Premier League footballer at centre of one-night stand blackmail plot should be named, says judge – Daily Telegraph
‘Justice Warby rules an anonymity order protecting a wealthy well-known defender who had a one-night stand despite having a long term partner and child should be lifted.’
Daily Telegraph, 25th March 2015
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Coventry kidnap gang who cut off man’s finger jailed – BBC News
‘A kidnap gang who cut off a man’s finger to get a £20,000 ransom have been jailed.’
BBC News, 26th January 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Traveller family jailed over kidnap and torture – BBC News
‘Eleven members of the same family who kidnapped and tortured a couple they falsely accused of murdering a widow have been jailed.’
BBC News, 3rd April 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Gangster husband of BBC executive jailed after two month extortion campaign – Daily Telegraph
‘Career criminal Tommy Roye recruited two enforcers to have his victim’s car torched on his driveway.’
Daily Telegraph, 17th February 2014
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Teacher Zahid Akram jailed for child photo blackmail – BBC News
“A science teacher who blackmailed girls into sending him sexually explicit photos of themselves has been jailed for six years.”
BBC news, 14th November 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
UK paedophile who posed as Justin Bieber online is jailed – The Guardian
“A paedophile who posed as Justin Bieber on the internet to target and blackmail young girls all over the world has been jailed in a case described as one of the worst the courts have ever seen.”
The Guardian, 16th September 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Anthony Still convicted of blackmailing businessman – Crown Prosecution Service
“Anthony Still has been convicted at Chelmsford Crown Court of blackmailing a businessman who paid him £600,000 to stop him revealing details about a secret affair. The businessman, known in court as ‘Barnaby’, decided he could no longer go on paying and went to the police last year. Still was jailed for 11 years.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 28th June 2013
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
Court awards anonymity for victim of libellous “paedophile” allegations – UK Human Rights Blog
“The permanent damage that internet publications can inflict is very much the focus of Tugendhat J’s assessment of damages in this case, encapsulated in the memorable description he quoted in an earlier judgment: ‘what is to be found on the internet may become like a tattoo’.”
UK Human Rights Blog, 21st April 2013
Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com
Facebook blackmailer William Wooles spared jail – BBC News
“A student who blackmailed a woman by hacking into her email, stealing naked pictures of her and posting them on Facebook has been spared jail.”
BBC News, 4th April 2013
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Tamara Ecclestone’s ex-boyfriend Derek Rose jailed over blackmail plot – The Guardian
“A former boyfriend of the socialite Tamara Ecclestone has been jailed for four years for plotting to blackmail her for £200,000. Derek Rose, 33, who dated the daughter of Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone in 2002 when she was 17, was implicated in a plot which saw an email sent to Ecclestone’s manager after the model starred in Billion Dollar Girl, a reality TV programme exploring her life as a rich young person.”
The Guardian, 26th February 2013
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Former boyfriend of Tamara Ecclestone found guilty of £200,000 blackmail – The Independent
“A former boyfriend of socialite and model Tamara Ecclestone was found guilty today of blackmailing her for £200,000.”
The Independent, 25th February 2013
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Copycat criminal who tried to blackmail Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone jailed – Daily Telegraph
“A copycat criminal who tried to blackmail Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone for £200,000 in a ‘hopeless and hapless’ plot was jailed for five years today.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th September 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Bernie Ecclestone blackmailed by dental technician who claimed he had kidnapped daughter Tamara – Daily Telegraph
“A dental technician who threatened to kidnap Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone’s daughter Tamara in a £200,000 blackmail plot faces a substantial jail term.”
Daily Telegraph, 17th July 2012
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Man loses privacy case over telling his wife about twins – BBC News
“A businessman has failed in his High Court bid to prevent his wife being told of the birth of his twins from a secret relationship.”
BBC News, 28th March 2012
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
