Blackmailer spared jail after threats to gay lover
Paul Knight tried to blackmail a gay lover by threatening to tell his neighbors in an East Lothian, Scotland, town that he had sex with an underage boy. Knight met the man through an internet chat site, then threatened to expose him as gay and a pervert if he refused to hand over £500. The man contacted the police. Officers swooped on the night porter when he turned up to collect his hush money. Jail time for Knight? No, the Haddington Sheriff Court was told he was about to become a dad, and was set to move away from the area with his girlfriend. Knight, 24, described himself in the chatroom as a "19-year-old looking for older men in the Edinburgh area." After several sexual contacts he told the man he was only 15.
Scotsman
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