Blackmailer told to pay £4,000 to victim
A MAN jailed for conning a widow out of £16,000 by pretending social workers were going to take her children away has been ordered to pay back almost £4,000.
John Jones and his partner Natasha Goodyer were jailed in September for three-and-a-half years and two years respectively for blackmail and breaching a suspended sentence.
Jones, 26, of Trent Street, Alvaston, told the victim he had a friend in social services and that he had learned there were plans to take her three children away. He said if she paid him, he would arrange for the computer records to be deleted.
Goodyer, 24, of Magellan Way, Wilmorton, sent text messages to Jones, pretending to be a social worker. At a hearing under the Proceeds of Crime Act Jones was ordered to pay back £3,854. He has six months to pay or faces a further three months in prison.
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Comments
by Tamas
Friday, November 30 2012, 4:56PM
“Have I got this right? I can rob a dear old lady of sixteen grand, get caught and hand back just four.
Great justice system we have in this country.
An eye for an eye I say!”
by Derby_Stu
Friday, November 30 2012, 2:02PM
“Surely this criminal should have to pay back this £4k on top of the £16k he swindled??”
by SidtheKid
Friday, November 30 2012, 11:50AM
“Evil scum.”
by Spildabeenz
Friday, November 30 2012, 11:14AM
“What has happened to the other £12k? If they have spent it and have possessions they should be sold to make up the difference.
Preying on a Widow like this is pretty wicked. They should pay back everything and then be fined.”