Blackmailer jailed for extorting £7k from ex by threatening to lie that he raped her
A BLACKMAILER has been jailed for extorting £7,450 from her ex by threatening to lie that he had raped her.
Rhiannon Jones, 21, set up fake Facebook accounts to demand cash from her former partner.
She was with the man, who has special needs, for a year before they split in September 2019.
Despite appearing to remain pals, former carer Jones demanded cash, sometimes up to four times a day, for a month.
The son, fearing that he would be beaten up, used his inheritance to pay before his dad alerted the police, Liverpool crown court heard.
Jones, of Orford, Cheshire, admitted blackmail and was jailed for two years, with Judge Brian Cummings telling her: “You took advantage of a very vulnerable person in a cynical manner.”
“It’s conceded rightly and realistically on your behalf that appropriate punishment in this case can only be achieved by the imposition of an immediate custodial sentence.”
She must also pay a victim surcharge.
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