Friday, September 12, 2008

Player Jailed for sex - video blackmail

London.
A former Manchester City youth goalkeeper was jailed for 20 months on Friday for blackmailing a Premier League player by threatening to sell a sex video.
Ashley Timms demanded US$26,400 between March and April from International player, who was not named for legal reasons at Manchester Crown Court. It has really made me feel I can't trust anyone and I feel quite insecure and if I meet anyone now, I constantly feel they're after my money, the player said in the statement to the court.
Timms used a mobile phone to video the player having sex with a 19 year old woman at the players home last September. Timms, whose friendship with the player had wanned as his own career faltered, pestered him for cash to use as a deposit on a house in return for selling him the video.
The abuse of your friendship for simple greed is an aggravating feature," judge Andrew Gilbart told the court. "This was a calculated attempt to extract money for your own benefit". Timms said he destroyed the video footage, which was never recovered.

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